# Path not loading in logstash 7.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 22, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353 "2019-08-22T14:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SachinRaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@SachinRaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinRaj)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/1 "2019-08-22T14:47:32Z")
hello, Good Day !! Please help me on this installed ELK 7.3 in Windows 10 Laptop below mentioned data is the conf file i am trying to execute in Logslatsh and no error. but the file (path) is not loading except that it is working fine !! input { file { path =\>"C:\logstash-7.3.0\bin\apache.log" start\_position =\> "beginning" ignore\_older =\> 0 sincedb\_path =\> "C:\logstash-7.3.0\bin\db" type =\> "logs" } stdin{} } output { elasticsearch { hosts =\>["localhost:9200"] index =\> "logfile" } stdout {codec =\> rubydebug} } * * * after reading multiple article i did inserted start\_position =\> "beginning" ignore\_older =\> 0 sincedb\_path =\> "C:\logstash-7.3.0\bin\db" type =\> "logs" hoping that " the path will load " and work in kibana, but it did not worked and even out put of the log file (path) is also not displayed in CMD Thanks ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/4/744d64029f0970ffab467059309739e40d06cf24.png) ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/2 "2019-08-22T18:03:57Z")
Do not use backslash in the path option of a file input. Use forward slash. ---
**Author:** ![SachinRaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@SachinRaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinRaj)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/3 "2019-08-23T01:40:16Z")
Dear Badger I am great full for your reply, as per you guide lines i changed to forward slash but no luck FYI path =\>"C:/logstash-7.3.0/bin/apache.log" sincedb\_path =\> "C:/logstash-7.3.0/bin/db" please check this ! and help me out ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/f/8fc1cf07264ddf44786aad723635513b5158c5d4.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/c/dceecc119eed0d9d71be32146304bf1e692078e6.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/c/8c871141d533de29529b4c91b1949ecd5b417f88.png) ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/4 "2019-08-23T13:48:37Z")
> [@SachinRaj](#): > > ignore\_older =\> 0 This says to ignore any files more than zero seconds old, so it ignores all files. Remove it. ---
**Author:** ![SachinRaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@SachinRaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinRaj)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/5 "2019-08-24T13:44:01Z")
Hi Badger, thanks a lot for your replay removed the " ignore\_older =\> 0 " and checked but no progress still same issue * * * i tried with and with out below mentioned codes (even with combinations) and result is same start\_position =\> "beginning" ignore\_older =\> 0 sincedb\_path =\> "C:\logstash-7.3.0\bin\db" type =\> "logs" * * * i wonder why i am struggling for a small code, if possible please give the code. let me try that also concept :: i just need to read a file (example path C:) which contains random data and i need to see the result in stdout Gratitude Sachin ---
**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:** [August 24, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/6 "2019-08-24T13:50:51Z")
Set the log.level to trace (either in logstash.yml or using '--log.level trace' on the command line) and see what filewatch has to say. ---
**Author:** ![SachinRaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@SachinRaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinRaj)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/7 "2019-08-24T14:15:30Z")
Appreciate your fast response !! command :: logstash -f path.conf --log.level trace Result:: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/9/393895413c5c47bc5951619215bd32ba4ba99706.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/1/c120fee2a3db88ccffd4477bbf8903f1153e853b.png) ---
**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/8 "2019-08-24T16:04:43Z")
how about you rename your config file from path.conf to something else. it might be some internal env called path. and keep only ``` sincedb_path => "/dev/null" start_position => "beginning" ``` and test it. I saw that you don't have filter section lets put it in and keep it blank filter {} Also remove, stdin {} ---
**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:** [August 24, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/9 "2019-08-24T16:07:05Z")
You need to find a set of line in the trace like this ```auto [2019-08-24T16:02:30,115][TRACE][filewatch.sincedbcollection] open: reading from /dev/null [2019-08-24T16:02:30,140][TRACE][filewatch.sincedbcollection] open: count of keys read: 0 [2019-08-24T16:02:30,322][TRACE][filewatch.discoverer] discover_files {"count"=>1} [2019-08-24T16:02:30,520][TRACE][filewatch.discoverer] discover_files handling: {"new discovery"=>true, "watched_file details"=> ... [2019-08-24T16:02:30,557][TRACE][filewatch.sincedbcollection] associate: finding {"inode"=>"12714756", "path"=>"/home/foo.txt"} [2019-08-24T16:02:30,565][TRACE][filewatch.sincedbcollection] associate: unmatched [2019-08-24T16:02:30,774][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.processor] Delayed Delete processing [2019-08-24T16:02:30,802][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.processor] Watched + Active restat processing [2019-08-24T16:02:30,885][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.processor] Rotation In Progress processing [2019-08-24T16:02:30,914][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.processor] Watched processing [2019-08-24T16:02:30,933][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.handlers.createinitial] handling: foo.txt [2019-08-24T16:02:30,994][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.handlers.createinitial] opening foo.txt [2019-08-24T16:02:31,087][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.handlers.createinitial] handle_specifically opened file handle: 85, path: foo.txt [2019-08-24T16:02:31,175][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.handlers.createinitial] add_new_value_sincedb_collection ... [2019-08-24T16:02:31,242][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.processor] Active - file grew: foo.txt: new size is 677, bytes read 0 [2019-08-24T16:02:31,249][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.handlers.grow] handling: foo.txt [2019-08-24T16:02:31,293][TRACE][filewatch.tailmode.handlers.grow] reading... {"iterations"=>1, "amount"=>677, "filename"=>"foo.txt"} [2019-08-24T16:02:31,306][DEBUG][filewatch.tailmode.handlers.grow] read_to_eof: get chunk [2019-08-24T16:02:31,356][DEBUG][logstash.inputs.file] Received line ``` ---
**Author:** ![SachinRaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@SachinRaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinRaj)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/10 "2019-08-24T17:27:03Z")
Hi Badger, Thanks for your support with the help of a friend Sundaramoorthy, we resolve this issue Reason for the issue :: apache.log file is inside the bin folder Resolution :: I moved apache.log to desktop code:: input { file { path =\>"C:/Users/skumarp8/Desktop/ELK Stack/apche.log" start\_position =\> "beginning" type =\> "logs" } stdin{} } output { elasticsearch { hosts =\>["localhost:9200"] index =\> "logfile" } stdout {codec =\> rubydebug} } ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/a/ba0031db7ccf82e4040258ff400c8acf21d0e021.png) Gratitude Sachin ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-not-loading-in-logstash-7-3/196353/11 "2019-09-21T17:27:15Z")
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