### Author:  [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-config-files-found-in-path-error-logstash-ubuntu/267318/1 "2021-03-16T04:23:11Z")
```
MLinux1@MLinux1:~/shared$ l
LogStash-Beats-MTenant.conf*
MLinux1@MLinux1:~/shared$
```
> My **pipeline.yml** as below
```
- pipeline.id: beat_input-shared
path.config: "/home/MLinux1/shared/*.conf"
pipeline.workers: 2
queue.type: persisted
```
> my config file as below
```
input {
beats {
port => 9010
}
}
#---------------------OUTPUT SECTION----------------------------------------
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => ["10.11.0.64:9200","10.11.0.60:9200"]
manage_template => false
validate_after_inactivity => 10000
index => "school_er-%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
ilm_enabled => false
}
}
```
> i am getting logstash error as below
```
[2021-03-16T03:57:00,997][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.11.2", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.13.0 (2.5.7) 2020-08-03 9a89c94bcc OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.8+10 on 11.0.8+10 +indy +jit [linux-x86_64]"}
[2021-03-16T03:57:06,259][INFO][logstash.config.source.local.configpathloader] No config files found in path {:path=>"/home/MLinux1/shared/*.conf"}
[2021-03-16T03:57:06,457][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] No configuration found in the configured sources.
[2021-03-16T03:57:07,251][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2021-03-16T03:57:11,749][INFO][logstash.runner] Logstash shut down.
[2021-03-16T03:57:11,762][FATAL][org.logstash.Logstash] Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit
org.jruby.exceptions.SystemExit: (SystemExit) exit
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:747) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:710) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at usr.share.logstash.lib.bootstrap.environment.(/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:89) ~[?:?]
```
> Why i am getting error in logstash?
> when i run conf file with `logstash -f file` , it run without issue
---
### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-config-files-found-in-path-error-logstash-ubuntu/267318/2 "2021-03-16T14:58:46Z")
How are you starting logstash?
---
### Author:  [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-config-files-found-in-path-error-logstash-ubuntu/267318/3 "2021-03-22T11:10:45Z")
sudo systemctl start logstash.service
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-config-files-found-in-path-error-logstash-ubuntu/267318/4 "2021-03-22T16:40:59Z")
> [@varun1992](#):
>
> `"/home/MLinux1/shared/*.conf"`
When logstash expands that pattern it is not finding any files. That could be a permissions issue, where the user that runs the service cannot read the file or the directory.
---
### Author:  [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-config-files-found-in-path-error-logstash-ubuntu/267318/5 "2021-04-18T06:06:01Z")
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-config-files-found-in-path-error-logstash-ubuntu/267318/6 "2021-05-16T06:06:27Z")
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