# Logstast startup issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstast-startup-issue/41771>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstast-startup-issue/41771 "2016-02-15T11:42:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstast-startup-issue/41771/3 "2016-02-15T18:13:32Z")

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Interesting; there was a very similar report just a few days ago:

> [@Exception in thread "main" org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-in-thread-main-org-jruby-exceptions-raiseexception/41475):
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> Hi All, I am trying to logstash-1.1.10 using ./logstashctrl start command. I am getting the below error: Exception in thread "main" org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException: (LoadError) Could not load FFI Provider: (NotImplementedError) FFI not available: null See [http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-4583](http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-4583) at org.jruby.RubyKernel.require(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1027) at RUBY.require(jar:file:/chroot/logstash/bin/logstash-1.1.10.jar!/META-INF/jruby.home/lib/ruby/shared/rubygems/custom\_require.…

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