# Logstash stopped processing because of error\[system exit\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-error-system-exit/356773>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-error-system-exit/356773 "2024-04-04T12:47:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![2328943\_dc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a9adbd/32.png) [@2328943\_dc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/2328943_dc)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-error-system-exit/356773/1 "2024-04-04T12:47:32Z")

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We have newly installed kibana on server but when we checked logstash logs getting fatal error as highlighted below.

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-error-system-exit/356773/2 "2024-04-04T13:07:51Z")

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Hello,

Please do not share screenshots of log and config texts, they can be very hard to read.

It seems that your Logstash is in a restart loop error, are you running it as a service? Please check the system logs for more information, look for some hint around the time of those logstash logs.

It will be on `/var/log/syslog` or `/var/log/messages`.