# "service" command is not working for Logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-command-is-not-working-for-logstash/55183>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 11, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-command-is-not-working-for-logstash/55183 "2016-07-11T11:17:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gayathri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@gayathri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gayathri)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-command-is-not-working-for-logstash/55183/1 "2016-07-11T11:17:02Z")

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Hi Team,

"service logstash start" is not working for logstash, logstash.pid is creating after executing the command but logs are not pushing to elasticsearch

On executing "/opt/logstash/bin/logstash agent -f /opt/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf &" command, logs are pushing normally.......

Thanks,

Gayathri

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-command-is-not-working-for-logstash/55183/2 "2016-07-11T11:19:25Z")

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Have you looked in the Logstash log file for clues?

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**Author:** ![gayathri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@gayathri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gayathri)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-command-is-not-working-for-logstash/55183/3 "2016-07-11T11:37:58Z")

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there is nothing in the Log....

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-command-is-not-working-for-logstash/55183/4 "2016-07-11T11:41:19Z")

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Logstash should at least log _something_ upon startup. Increase the logging verbosity and check again that you're able to get something in the log.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-command-is-not-working-for-logstash/55183/5 "2017-07-06T04:48:40Z")

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