# Logstash service will not run (Ubuntu server 14.04) **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [March 17, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-will-not-run-ubuntu-server-14-04/44719 "2016-03-17T14:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![brayndasilva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@brayndasilva](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brayndasilva)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-will-not-run-ubuntu-server-14-04/44719/3 "2016-03-18T10:53:59Z")
> [@Configuring filebeat to send specified logs to E.L.K server's logstash HELP!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-send-specified-logs-to-e-l-k-servers-logstash-help/44830): > > Hi there, About two days ago I started looking into ELK and decided to try it out on a few machines. My set-up is the following: 1 E.L.K server, 2 Client servers and 1 Laptop to access Kibana. I have followed the official guide of installation on Ubuntu 14.04 and reached the part where I start configuring my client servers to send out the logs to the logstash. I have created the following filebeat.yml stored in /etc/filebeat/ filebeat: prospectors: - paths: - /var/log/au… Created a new topic with much more info, this one can be closed --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-will-not-run-ubuntu-server-14-04/44719)._