# Logstash starts only with sudo using sudo /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/postgresql.conf **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [May 11, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-starts-only-with-sudo-using-sudo-usr-share-logstash-bin-logstash-f-etc-logstash-conf-d-postgresql-conf/231994 "2020-05-11T11:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amine\_Aloui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amine_aloui/32/46158_2.png) [@Amine\_Aloui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amine_Aloui)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-starts-only-with-sudo-using-sudo-usr-share-logstash-bin-logstash-f-etc-logstash-conf-d-postgresql-conf/231994/1 "2020-05-11T11:22:54Z")
with sudo , it works without any issue sudo /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/postgresql.conf but if i run /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/postgresql.conf OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release. WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred WARNING: Illegal reflective access by com.headius.backport9.modules.Modules (file:/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/jars/jruby-complete-9.2.9.0.jar) to method sun.nio.ch.NativeThread.signal(long) WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of com.headius.backport9.modules.Modules WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console [FATAL] 2020-05-11 12:15:54.819 [main] runner - An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:489:in `validate'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:271:in `validate\_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:182:in `block in validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1428:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:181:in `validate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:284:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:242:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:73:in `'"]} [ERROR] 2020-05-11 12:15:54.827 [main] Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit ---
**Author:** ![ptamba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@ptamba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ptamba)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-starts-only-with-sudo-using-sudo-usr-share-logstash-bin-logstash-f-etc-logstash-conf-d-postgresql-conf/231994/2 "2020-05-11T13:11:40Z")
> [@Amine\_Aloui](#): > > FATAL] 2020-05-11 12:15:54.819 [main] runner - An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\, user running logstash needs write access to the specified path. that’s why it only works with sudo ---
**Author:** ![Amine\_Aloui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amine_aloui/32/46158_2.png) [@Amine\_Aloui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amine_Aloui)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-starts-only-with-sudo-using-sudo-usr-share-logstash-bin-logstash-f-etc-logstash-conf-d-postgresql-conf/231994/3 "2020-05-11T14:53:47Z")
Thanks ptamba, I fixed this problem But i still have onother issue in /etc/logstash/logstash.yml path.config: /etc/logstash/conf.d/\* when i run the cmd /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d ==\>it works perfectly but when i try to restart the logstash service he didn't run My config files. ---
**Author:** ![Amine\_Aloui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amine_aloui/32/46158_2.png) [@Amine\_Aloui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amine_Aloui)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-starts-only-with-sudo-using-sudo-usr-share-logstash-bin-logstash-f-etc-logstash-conf-d-postgresql-conf/231994/4 "2020-05-11T16:58:57Z")
I find the problem, Error: unable to load postgresql-42.2.12.jar from :jdbc\_driver\_library, file not readable (please check user and group permissions for the path) Exception: LogStash::PluginLoadingError Stack: /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-integration-jdbc-5.0.1/lib/logstash/plugin\_mixins/jdbc/jdbc.rb:172:in `block in load_driver_jars' org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1814:in `each' /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-integration-jdbc-5.0.1/lib/logstash/plugin\_mixins/jdbc/jdbc.rb:167:in `load_driver_jars' /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-integration-jdbc-5.0.1/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/jdbc.rb:148:in `load\_driver' /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-integration-jdbc-5.0.1/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb:273:in `run' /usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:328:in `inputworker' /usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java\_pipeline.rb:320:in `block in start\_input' solution: jdbc\_driver\_library =\> "/../../postgresql-42.2.12.jar" Moving the pg jar from jdbc\_driver\_library to /usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/jars simply puts the jar in the classpath so it's already available, and clearing out the jdbc\_driver\_library property stops logstash from calling these changed methods. and remove from the file.conf jdbc\_driver\_library =\> "" ### it works perfectly tail -f /var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-starts-only-with-sudo-using-sudo-usr-share-logstash-bin-logstash-f-etc-logstash-conf-d-postgresql-conf/231994/5 "2020-06-08T17:04:36Z")
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