# Logstash service stuck in paused state

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-stuck-in-paused-state/108454>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-stuck-in-paused-state/108454 "2017-11-20T20:17:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ronald\_Gene\_Humphrey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ronald_gene_humphrey/32/24485_2.png) [@Ronald\_Gene\_Humphrey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ronald_Gene_Humphrey)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-stuck-in-paused-state/108454/1 "2017-11-20T20:17:03Z")

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Installed service and it will not start need a little bit of help used NSSM for install and set paths as follows

Path: c:\ELK-Stack\logstash\bin\logstash.bat  
Startup directory: c:\ELK-Stack\logstash\bin  
Arguments: -f c:\ELK-Stack\logstash\bin\logstash.json

logstash 6.0

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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:** [December 18, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-stuck-in-paused-state/108454/2 "2017-12-18T20:17:11Z")

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