# Permission denied - /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf/169392>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf/169392 "2019-02-21T10:45:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf/169392/1 "2019-02-21T10:45:37Z")

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[2019-02-21T18:44:36,180][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"6.6.1"}  
[2019-02-21T18:44:37,623][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] Could not fetch all the sources {:exception=\>Errno::EACCES, :message=\>"Permission denied - /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf", :backtrace=\>["org/jruby/RubyIO.java:3600:in `read'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/local.rb:71:in`block in read'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1734:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/local.rb:61:in`read'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/local.rb:94:in `read'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/local.rb:190:in`local\_pipeline\_configs'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/multi\_local.rb:26:in `block in pipeline_configs'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2486:in`map'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/multi\_local.rb:21:in `pipeline_configs'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source_loader.rb:61:in`block in fetch'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2481:in `collect'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source_loader.rb:60:in`fetch'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:155:in `converge_state_and_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:103:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:362:in `block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:24:in`block in initialize'"]}  
[2019-02-21T18:44:37,643][ERROR][logstash.agent] An exception happened when converging configuration {:exception=\>RuntimeError, :message=\>"Could not fetch the configuration, message: Permission denied - /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf", :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:162:in `converge_state_and_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:103:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:362:in `block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:24:in`block in initialize'"]}  
[2019-02-21T18:44:38,029][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf/169392/2 "2019-02-21T10:50:36Z")

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edit /etc/systemd/system/logstash.service

change logstash start user : root

[Unit]  
Description=logstash

[Service]  
Type=simple  
User=root  
Group=root

# Load env vars from /etc/default/ and /etc/sysconfig/ if they exist.

# Prefixing the path with '-' makes it try to load, but if the file doesn't

# exist, it continues onward.

EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/logstash  
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/logstash  
ExecStart=/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash "--path.settings" "/etc/logstash"  
Restart=always  
WorkingDirectory=/  
Nice=19  
LimitNOFILE=16384

[Install]  
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf/169392/3 "2019-03-21T10:50:39Z")

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