# message=\>"Could not execute action: PipelineAction::Create\<main\>, action\_result: false", :backtrace=\>nil

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 7, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284 "2019-03-07T11:14:44Z")
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### Author: ![Shubham\_Yadav1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shubham_yadav1/32/41659_2.png) [@Shubham\_Yadav1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Yadav1)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284/1 "2019-03-07T11:14:44Z")

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trying to parse a file with logstash.conf present in /usr/local/cellar/logstash/6.6.1/libexec/config directory, and i am running the command  
logstash -f logstash.conf from bin folder. the logstash.conf file contents are.

input {  
 file {  
 path =\> "/usr/local/cellar/logstash/6.6.1/libexec/config/servicelog\*"  
 start\_position =\> "beginning"  
 sincedb\_path =\> "/Users/yshb/"  
 codec =\> multiline {  
 pattern =\> "^EOE"  
 negate =\> "true"  
 what =\> "next"  
 }  
 }  
}  
filter {  
 mutate {  
 gsub =\> [  
 "message", "\n", ";"  
 ]

}

kv {  
 allow\_duplicate\_values =\> false  
 field\_split =\> ";"  
 value\_split =\> "="  
 include\_keys =\> [  
 "Ubid",  
 "PageLocale",  
 "ActionType",  
 "RequestId",  
 "StartTime",  
 "PID",  
 "CustomerId",  
 "WidgetName",  
 "Marketplace",  
 "Session",  
 "Time",  
 "program"  
 ]  
 }  
 if [StatusCode] !~ /^5\d\d/ {  
 drop { }  
 }

date {  
 match =\> ["StartTime", "UNIX"]  
 }

}

output {  
 elasticsearch {  
 hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
 index =\> "{{ servicelog }}"  
 }  
 stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

the content of log files are mutiple entries of kv pairs where each entry ends with EOE. for eg.

* * *

## name=elastic lastname=search EOE

name=logstash  
lastname=whatever  
EOE

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### Author: ![Wolfram\_Haussig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wolfram_haussig/32/70528_2.png) [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284/2 "2019-03-08T07:10:20Z")

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Hi

Can you please post the full log? Normally, there should be a logmessage telling the root cause for this(like errors in pipeline).

Best regards  
Wolfram

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### Author: ![Shubham\_Yadav1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shubham_yadav1/32/41659_2.png) [@Shubham\_Yadav1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Yadav1)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284/3 "2019-03-16T11:43:39Z")

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![08%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/a/6a1ffe031143f4c7c648c2a41c8238264c73d130.png)  
this was the error after i tried to run logstash.conf after providing the sincedb\_path =\> "".

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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: [March 16, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284/4 "2019-03-16T14:10:44Z")

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> [@Shubham\_Yadav1](#):
>
> sincedb\_path =\> ""

OK, so that's not a good error message for that problem.

What were you trying to achieve by setting sincedb\_path to "". If you want to suppress the use of a persistent sincedb on disk then use "NUL" on Windows, "/dev/null" on UNIX.

Oh, and please do not post images of text, just post the text.

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### Author: ![Shubham\_Yadav1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shubham_yadav1/32/41659_2.png) [@Shubham\_Yadav1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Yadav1)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284/5 "2019-03-25T11:35:02Z")

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thank you. i have solve it there was some configuration error.

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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: [April 22, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create-main-action-result-false-backtrace-nil/171284/6 "2019-04-22T11:35:03Z")

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