# Logstash XML Parser Fail - File Does Not Exist?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-parser-fail-file-does-not-exist/111386>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-parser-fail-file-does-not-exist/111386 "2017-12-12T16:44:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ben-10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben-10/32/12306_2.png) [@ben-10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ben-10)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-parser-fail-file-does-not-exist/111386/1 "2017-12-12T16:44:15Z")

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After upgrading logstash to 5.6.5 I am know getting the following error en masse and don't understand what the error is trying to tell me.

Snip of logstash config for xml section:

```auto
            xml {
                source => "sub-message"
                store_xml => true
                target => "parsed_xml"
                remove_field => ["[parsed_xml][Appliance]", "[parsed_xml][Company]", "[parsed_xml][HostName]", "[parsed_xml][Priority]", "[parsed_xml][Version]" ]
                id => "SA-xml-1"
                add_tag => "xml-parse"
            }

```

Which results in the error below:

```java
[2017-12-12T10:38:15,682][WARN][logstash.filters.xml] Error parsing xml with XmlSimple {:source=>"sub-message", :value=>"SecureAuth14[10436] After sending OTP with: OTPHtmlEmailProvider", :exception=>#<ArgumentError: File does not exist: SecureAuth14[10436] After sending OTP with: OTPHtmlEmailProvider.>, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/xml-simple-1.1.5/lib/xmlsimple.rb:996:in `find_xml_file'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/xml-simple-1.1.5/lib/xmlsimple.rb:168:in `xml_in'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/xml-simple-1.1.5/lib/xmlsimple.rb:203:in `xml_in'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-filter-xml-4.0.5/lib/logstash/filters/xml.rb:182:in `filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:145:in `do_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:164:in `multi_filter'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1613:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:161:in `multi_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filter_delegator.rb:46:in `multi_filter'", "(eval):6971:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1613:in `each'", "(eval):6965:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyProc.java:281:in `call'", "(eval):6998:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1613:in `each'", "(eval):6994:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyProc.java:281:in `call'", "(eval):1502:in `filter_func'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:398:in `filter_batch'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:379:in `worker_loop'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:342:in `start_workers'"]}

```

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**Author:** ![ben-10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben-10/32/12306_2.png) [@ben-10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ben-10)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-parser-fail-file-does-not-exist/111386/2 "2017-12-13T16:39:34Z")

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Not 100% sure of this, but after doing a bit more review, it looks like the log data that was coming in XML switched at a certain point to regular text. So the XML filter basically had nothing to do since the data in the 'sub-message' field was not XML formatted.

`ArgumentError: File does not exist` I interpret as trying to tell me this in case this helps anyone else out.

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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:** [January 10, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-parser-fail-file-does-not-exist/111386/3 "2018-01-10T16:39:45Z")

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Closed on January 10, 2018, 4:39pm UTC

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