# Multiple Logstash pipelines **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [May 16, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379 "2019-05-16T11:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/1 "2019-05-16T11:09:04Z")
Hi, I am using Logstash 6.5 as a service on a windows machine. I have defined a pipelines.yml file that looks like this: # List of pipelines to be loaded by Logstash - pipeline.id: filebeat path.config: "CPA/LogStash/config\logstash-filebeat.conf" ``` # List of pipelines to be loaded by Logstash - pipeline.id: K5DLWDBSSIT2909 path.config: "CPA/LogStash/config/logstash-K5DLWDBSSIT2909.conf" ``` When i run logstash from cmd whitout a parameter like '-f' or '-e' the output is like thiis: "Cannot read the pipelines file" Does anyone have any ideea how can i resolve this? Thanks! ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/2 "2019-05-16T12:22:44Z")
Is your pipelines.yml file in the directory you have set in path.settings? ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/3 "2019-05-16T12:34:11Z")
path.settings is located in logstash.yml? Pipelines.yml is located in the same folder with logstash.yml ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/4 "2019-05-16T12:42:25Z")
Unless you override it on the command line, paths.settings would be set in logstash.yml, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/5 "2019-05-16T15:52:40Z")
The config files that i defined in the path.config must be in the same place where logstash is installed? I don't override in the command line and is still doesn't work.. ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/6 "2019-05-16T15:58:04Z")
The error is now "Failed to read pipeline yaml file" It matters on which drive is logstash installed? Does it have to be C drive? ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/7 "2019-05-16T16:02:21Z")
Can you post the entire output from logstash when you run it from the command line. Please post it as text, select it, and click on \ in the toolbar above the edit panel. You should then see it displayed in the preview panel on the right like this ``` ... ``` ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/8 "2019-05-16T16:05:39Z")
C:\Users\zDL-ChERP\_GSTS\_setup\>E:\TotalSoft\CPA\LogStash\bin\logstash.bat Sending Logstash logs to K:/LogStash/Log which is now configured via log4j2.prop erties ERROR: Failed to read pipelines yaml file. Location: E:/TotalSoft/CPA/LogStash/c onfig/pipelines.yml usage: bin/logstash -f CONFIG\_PATH [-t] [-r] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash --modules MODULE\_NAME [-M "MODULE\_NAME.var.PLUGIN\_TYPE.PLUGIN\_NAM E.VARIABLE\_NAME=VALUE"] [-t] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -e CONFIG\_STR [-t] [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace ] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -i SHELL [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash -V [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash --help [2019-05-16T18:04:17,952][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalSta teException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/9 "2019-05-16T16:09:51Z")
> [@Costi](#): > > Location: E:/TotalSoft/CPA/LogStash/c > onfig/pipelines.yml Does that file exist? ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/10 "2019-05-17T07:17:28Z")
Yes! ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/11 "2019-05-17T11:56:44Z")
If you cd to the E: drive and run the same command do you get the same error? ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/12 "2019-05-21T05:51:09Z")
Yes, i get the same error. I don't know what else to try. ---
**Author:** ![pguinet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pguinet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pguinet)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/13 "2019-05-24T06:54:48Z")
Since it seems to be on Windows, put backslashes "" and not slashes ? (just guessing, never used Elasticsearch on Windows). ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/14 "2019-05-26T16:43:04Z")
Hi, Now i get a different error : error logstash.config.sourceloader no configuration found in the configured sources. Any help? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pguinet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pguinet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pguinet)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/15 "2019-05-27T05:59:16Z")
You changed slashes to backslashes inside the pipelines.yml too ? ( ``` path.config: "CPA/LogStash/config/logstash-K5DLWDBSSIT2909.conf" ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/16 "2019-05-28T11:27:20Z")
Hi, I try with slashes and with backslashes and it still doesn't work...I don't know what else to try. If i run just a conf file without using the pipelines.yml it's all good. Any suggestions? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Costi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Costi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/17 "2019-05-29T13:43:22Z")
SOLVED!! I moved the config files into a directory conf.d and after that logstash began to read from pipelines.yml ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-logstash-pipelines/181379/18 "2019-06-26T13:43:23Z")
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