# Logstash status failed,why its not showing logstash is inactive when i stop logstatsh

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-failed-why-its-not-showing-logstash-is-inactive-when-i-stop-logstatsh/91747>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 4, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-failed-why-its-not-showing-logstash-is-inactive-when-i-stop-logstatsh/91747 "2017-07-04T10:56:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonesthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-failed-why-its-not-showing-logstash-is-inactive-when-i-stop-logstatsh/91747/1 "2017-07-04T10:56:20Z")

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root@dev01:~# service logstash stop  
root@dev01:~# service logstash status  
● logstash.service - logstash  
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/logstash.service; enabled; vendor preset:  
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-07-04 16:24:01 IST; 3s ago  
Process: 2068 ExecStart=/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/  
Main PID: 2068 (code=exited, status=143)

Jul 04 16:23:58 dev01 systemd[1]: logstash.service: Service hold-off time over,  
Jul 04 16:23:58 dev01 systemd[1]: Stopped logstash.  
Jul 04 16:23:58 dev01 systemd[1]: Started logstash.  
Jul 04 16:24:01 dev01 systemd[1]: Stopping logstash...  
Jul 04 16:24:01 dev01 systemd[1]: logstash.service: Main process exited, code=ex  
Jul 04 16:24:01 dev01 systemd[1]: Stopped logstash.  
Jul 04 16:24:01 dev01 systemd[1]: logstash.service: Unit entered failed state.  
Jul 04 16:24:01 dev01 systemd[1]: logstash.service: Failed with result 'exit-cod

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**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-failed-why-its-not-showing-logstash-is-inactive-when-i-stop-logstatsh/91747/2 "2017-07-04T11:15:20Z")

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Hi,

What version of LS is being ran here? What OS?

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**Author:** ![Jonesthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-failed-why-its-not-showing-logstash-is-inactive-when-i-stop-logstatsh/91747/3 "2017-07-04T12:28:02Z")

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LS - 5.4.3  
OS - ubuntu 16.04

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**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-failed-why-its-not-showing-logstash-is-inactive-when-i-stop-logstatsh/91747/4 "2017-07-05T14:20:54Z")

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What do your OS logs show under the same time frame as the exit code?

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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:** [August 2, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-status-failed-why-its-not-showing-logstash-is-inactive-when-i-stop-logstatsh/91747/5 "2017-08-02T14:21:23Z")

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