# Logstash service starting error in log file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-starting-error-in-log-file/127828>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-starting-error-in-log-file/127828 "2018-04-12T13:31:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![amritesh\_mishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amritesh_mishra/32/50251_2.png) [@amritesh\_mishra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amritesh_mishra)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-starting-error-in-log-file/127828/1 "2018-04-12T13:31:42Z")

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[2018-04-12T11:05:18,066][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"6.2.3"}  
[2018-04-12T11:05:18,149][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}  
[2018-04-12T11:05:18,164][ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash:  
:ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Expected one of #, input, filter, output at line 1, column 1 (byte 1) after ", :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logs  
tash/compiler.rb:42:in `compile_imperative'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:50:in`compile\_graph'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib  
/logstash/compiler.rb:12:in `block in compile_sources'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2486:in`map'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:11:in `co mpile_sources'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:51:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:169:in `in itialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:40:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:315:in  
`block in converge_state'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:141:in`with\_pipelines'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:  
312:in `block in converge_state'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1734:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:299:in `converge_state'", "/usr/s hare/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:166:in`block in converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:141:in `with_pi pelines'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:164:in`converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:90:in  
`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:348:in`block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/st  
ud/task.rb:24:in `block in initialize'"]}  
[2018-04-12T11:05:30,646][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"fb\_apache", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb\_apache/configura  
tion"}

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-starting-error-in-log-file/127828/2 "2018-04-12T14:13:02Z")

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Please don't post the same question more than once.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-starting-error-in-log-file/127828/3 "2018-05-10T14:13:07Z")

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