# Random SIGTERM stopping Logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/random-sigterm-stopping-logstash/125731>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 27, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/random-sigterm-stopping-logstash/125731 "2018-03-27T10:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![999chris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/f17d59/32.png) [@999chris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/999chris)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/random-sigterm-stopping-logstash/125731/1 "2018-03-27T10:44:21Z")

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Hi,

Twice (at least) in 12hrs our departments logstash is recieving a seemingly random SIGTERM:

```
[2018-03-27T10:54:21,680][INFO][logstash.outputs.file] Closing file /apps/isilon/mamsupport/filebeat-logs/avci_validator/avci-2018-03-27.log
[2018-03-27T10:55:30,735][INFO][logstash.outputs.file] Opening file {:path=>"/apps/isilon/mamsupport/filebeat-logs/prod_srvwrk/srvwrk-2018-03-27.log"}
[2018-03-27T10:56:51,711][INFO][logstash.outputs.file] Closing file /apps/isilon/mamsupport/filebeat-logs/prod_srvwrk/srvwrk-2018-03-27.log
[2018-03-27T11:00:06,044][WARN][logstash.runner] SIGTERM received. Shutting down.
[2018-03-27T11:17:19,785][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module_name=>"netflow", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}
[2018-03-27T11:17:19,792][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module_name=>"fb_apache", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb_apache/configuration"}
[2018-03-27T11:17:20,275][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"6.2.1"}
[2018-03-27T11:17:20,523][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2018-03-27T11:17:25,303][INFO][logstash.pipeline] Starting pipeline {:pipeline_id=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>32, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>50}

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This doesn't look like a human triggered shutdown, I have no other way of checking what is going on here and the service "stops" its not crashed. Any help gratefully received.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/random-sigterm-stopping-logstash/125731/2 "2018-04-24T10:44:38Z")

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