# Logstash systemd issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-systemd-issue/107992>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 16, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-systemd-issue/107992 "2017-11-16T17:07:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![kashif.alig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@kashif.alig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kashif.alig)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-systemd-issue/107992/1 "2017-11-16T17:07:01Z")

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Hi  
I am setting up ELK stack for bro. I am testing logstash with file input and output plugin and using logstash-5.6.4-1.  
I can start logtash with  
/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/bro.conf --config.reload.automatic

and it produces expected output

but if I start logstash with systemctl then logstash does not produce any output and  
systemctl status logstash gives this output

logstash.service - logstash  
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/logstash.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)  
Active: active (running) since Thu 2017-11-16 16:28:35 GMT; 3min 32s ago  
Main PID: 2609 (java)  
CGroup: /system.slice/logstash.service  
└─2609 /usr/bin/java -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+DisableExplic...

Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: at org.jruby.Main.main(Main.java:197)  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender...g.Rollin  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:75)  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:81)  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager.getFileManager(RollingFileMan...ava:103)  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender.createAppender(RollingFileAppender.java:191)  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: ... 98 more  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: 2017-11-16 16:28:46,801 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: 2017-11-16 16:28:46,802 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.  
Nov 16 16:28:46 [cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk](http://cloudnet.physics.ox.ac.uk) logstash[2609]: 2017-11-16 16:28:46,803 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "plain\_rolling" for logger config "root"

systemd file for logstash is

[Unit]  
Description=logstash

[Service]  
Type=simple  
User=logstash  
Group=logstash

# Load env vars from /etc/default/ and /etc/sysconfig/ if they exist.

# Prefixing the path with '-' makes it try to load, but if the file doesn't

# exist, it continues onward.

EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/logstash  
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/logstash  
ExecStart=/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash "--path.settings" "/etc/logstash"  
Restart=always  
WorkingDirectory=/  
Nice=19  
LimitNOFILE=16384

[Install]  
WantedBy=multi-user.target

The above file is part of the rpm. Has anyone seen this issue?

Thanks  
Kashif

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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 14, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-systemd-issue/107992/2 "2017-12-14T17:07:06Z")

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