# Lotstash is not picking Apache Logs config

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lotstash-is-not-picking-apache-logs-config/202747>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lotstash-is-not-picking-apache-logs-config/202747 "2019-10-09T01:01:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lotstash-is-not-picking-apache-logs-config/202747/6 "2019-10-09T20:49:55Z")

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It sounds as though the file input is not reading the file. Enable tracing as described in [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-simple-txt-file/202892/4) post and see what filewatch has to say.

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