when I execute the command, I get this. I created my test.conf file in bin folder itself.
C:\Users\vemula.pranavi\Desktop\ELK\logstash-6.2.4\bin>logstash -f test.conf
Sending Logstash's logs to C:/Users/vemula.pranavi/Desktop/ELK/logstash-6.2.4/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties
[2018-06-05T16:13:35,464][INFO ][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module_name=>"fb_apache", :directory=>"C:/Users/vemula.pranavi/Desktop/ELK/logstash-6.2.4/modules/fb_apache/configuration"}
[2018-06-05T16:13:35,495][INFO ][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module_name=>"netflow", :directory=>"C:/Users/vemula.pranavi/Desktop/ELK/logstash-6.2.4/modules/netflow/configuration"}
[2018-06-05T16:13:35,819][WARN ][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified
[2018-06-05T16:13:36,442][INFO ][logstash.runner ] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"6.2.4"}
[2018-06-05T16:13:36,910][INFO ][logstash.agent ] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2018-06-05T16:13:39,719][INFO ][logstash.pipeline ] Starting pipeline {:pipeline_id=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>2, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>50}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,235][INFO ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Elasticsearch pool URLs updated {:changes=>{:removed=>[], :added=>[http://localhost:9200/]}}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,235][INFO ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Running health check to see if an Elasticsearch connection is working {:healthcheck_url=>http://localhost:9200/, :path=>"/"}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,438][WARN ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Restored connection to ES instance {:url=>"http://localhost:9200/"}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,500][INFO ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] ES Output version determined {:es_version=>6}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,500][WARN ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Detected a 6.x and above cluster: the type event field won't be used to determine the document _type {:es_version=>6}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,532][INFO ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Using mapping template from {:path=>nil}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,563][INFO ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Attempting to install template {:manage_template=>{"template"=>"logstash-", "version"=>60001, "settings"=>{"index.refresh_interval"=>"5s"}, "mappings"=>{"default"=>{"dynamic_templates"=>[{"message_field"=>{"path_match"=>"message", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false}}}, {"string_fields"=>{"match"=>"", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false, "fields"=>{"keyword"=>{"type"=>"keyword", "ignore_above"=>256}}}}}], "properties"=>{"@timestamp"=>{"type"=>"date"}, "@version"=>{"type"=>"keyword"}, "geoip"=>{"dynamic"=>true, "properties"=>{"ip"=>{"type"=>"ip"}, "location"=>{"type"=>"geo_point"}, "latitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}, "longitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}}}}}}}}
[2018-06-05T16:13:40,625][INFO ][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] New Elasticsearch output {:class=>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch", :hosts=>["//localhost:9200"]}
[2018-06-05T16:13:41,782][INFO ][logstash.pipeline ] Pipeline started successfully {:pipeline_id=>"main", :thread=>"#<Thread:0x3bcbdf89 run>"}
[2018-06-05T16:13:41,860][INFO ][logstash.agent ] Pipelines running {:count=>1, :pipelines=>["main"]}
this is my test.conf file
input {
file {
path => "D:/software/logstash-6.2.4/Mylogs/*"
start_position => "beginning"
}
}
filter {
}
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => ["localhost:9200"]
}
}