# Logstash: unrecognized service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unrecognized-service/270394>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unrecognized-service/270394 "2021-04-16T13:16:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![gisellecarballo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gisellecarballo/32/112755_2.png) [@gisellecarballo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gisellecarballo)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unrecognized-service/270394/1 "2021-04-16T13:16:51Z")

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Hi,  
I have my logstash actively running but when I executed "sudo service logstash configtest" result is "logstash: unrecognized service". I am running on Ubuntu 18.04

Many Thanks!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unrecognized-service/270394/2 "2021-04-19T23:35:27Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

What version of Logstash did you install and from where (DEB/apt-get)?

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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:** [May 17, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unrecognized-service/270394/3 "2021-05-17T23:36:04Z")

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