# Pipelines.yml still ignored **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 30, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipelines-yml-still-ignored/117697 "2018-01-30T19:44:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jamest23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@jamest23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamest23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipelines-yml-still-ignored/117697/1 "2018-01-30T19:44:28Z")
Greetings, I have populated the pipelines.yml file but it is not getting picked up. The goal being to separate the 2 pipelines i have running. When i put them both in the /etc/logstash/conf.d they collide and logstash blends the fields from each pipeline, so i want to separate them. But when i start up logstash as a service, as the log file shows, it just loops endlessly trying to load the apache and netflow modules. Any tips or pointers appreciated. thx,james Background Info Section1 = Versions Section2 = Contents of /etc/logstash/pipelines.yml Section3 = Contents of /etc/logstash/logstash.yml Section4 = Contents of /etc/systemd/system/logstash.service Section5 = Contents /var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log ( loops endlessly) section 1 logstash.noarch 1:6.1.2-1 @elasticsearch-6.x elasticsearch.noarch 6.1.2-1 @elasticsearch-6.x kibana.x86\_64 6.1.2-1 @elasticsearch-6.x section 2 pipelines.yml /etc/logstash# cat pipelines.yml [pipeline.id](http://pipeline.id): flowlogs path.config: "/etc/logstash/pipelines.d/flowlogs/flowlogs.conf" [pipeline.id](http://pipeline.id): guestoslogs path.config: "/etc/logstash/pipelines.d/guestos/guestoslogs.conf" section 3 logstash.yml Path config commented out 62 # Where to fetch the pipeline configuration for the main pipeline 63 # 64 #path.config: /etc/logstash/conf.d/\*.conf 65 # section 4 /etc/systemd/system/logstash.service [root@zsmsazure logstash]# cat /etc/systemd/system/logstash.service [Unit] Description=logstash [Service] Type=simple User=logstash Group=logstash EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/logstash EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/logstash #ExecStart=/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash "--path.settings" "/etc/logstash" ExecStart=/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash Restart=always WorkingDirectory=/ Nice=19 LimitNOFILE=16384 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target [root@zsmsazure logstash]# section 5 [2018-01-30T19:32:35,622][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"fb\_apache", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb\_apache/configuration"} [2018-01-30T19:32:35,625][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"netflow", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"} [2018-01-30T19:32:52,112][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module ---
**Author:** ![rcowart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rcowart/32/88091_2.png) [@rcowart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcowart)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipelines-yml-still-ignored/117697/2 "2018-01-31T17:08:08Z")
It looks like the format of your pipelines.yml is wrong. Indentation is important with yaml. Here is an example that works... ```auto - pipeline.id: process-ipfix queue.type: memory path.config: "/etc/logstash/pipelines/process/ipfix" ``` Notice the `-` before `pipeline.id` and two spaces before the lines beneath. I have had a simple indentation error cause me problems as well. Hopefully this helps. ---
**Author:** ![jamest23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@jamest23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamest23)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipelines-yml-still-ignored/117697/3 "2018-02-01T13:03:22Z")
Thanks! will try this today. ---
**Author:** ![jamest23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@jamest23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamest23)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipelines-yml-still-ignored/117697/4 "2018-02-01T16:46:09Z")
Thanks Robert, Much Appreciated. That did the trick! My formatting was bad. Now all 3 of my pipelines are running and there are no collisions. cat pipelines.yml - [pipeline.id](http://pipeline.id): eventhubs queue.type: memory path.config: "/etc/logstash/pipelines.d/eventhubs/geteventhub.conf" - [pipeline.id](http://pipeline.id): flowlogs queue.type: memory path.config: "/etc/logstash/pipelines.d/flowlogs/flowlogs.conf" - [pipeline.id](http://pipeline.id): guestoslogs queue.type: memory path.config: "/etc/logstash/pipelines.d/oslogs/guestoslogs.conf" ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipelines-yml-still-ignored/117697/5 "2018-03-01T16:46:34Z")
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