Yes aaron i did the same as you suggested even though it's failing.
with the below error. i have the actual log which created on log folder "C:\elastic_stack\logstash-7.8.1\logs"
[2020-08-19T10:19:18,951][INFO ][logstash.setting.writabledirectory] Creating directory {:setting=>"path.queue", :path=>"C:/elastic_stack/logstash-7.8.1/data/queue"}
[2020-08-19T10:19:19,085][INFO ][logstash.setting.writabledirectory] Creating directory {:setting=>"path.dead_letter_queue", :path=>"C:/elastic_stack/logstash-7.8.1/data/dead_letter_queue"}
[2020-08-19T10:19:19,220][WARN ][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified
[2020-08-19T10:19:19,231][INFO ][logstash.runner ] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.8.1", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.11.1 (2.5.7) 2020-03-25 b1f55b1a40 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.261-b12 on 1.8.0_261-b12 +indy +jit [mswin32-x86_64]"}
[2020-08-19T10:19:19,290][INFO ][logstash.agent ] No persistent UUID file found. Generating new UUID {:uuid=>"286aa382-bfb4-453a-8074-182a08dc1fe3", :path=>"C:/elastic_stack/logstash-7.8.1/data/uuid"}
[2020-08-19T10:19:19,916][INFO ][logstash.config.source.local.configpathloader] No config files found in path {:path=>"C:/elastic_stack/logstash-7.8.1/sample.conf"}
[2020-08-19T10:19:19,964][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] No configuration found in the configured sources.
[2020-08-19T10:19:20,559][INFO ][logstash.agent ] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2020-08-19T10:19:25,331][INFO ][logstash.runner ] Logstash shut down.
[2020-08-19T10:26:48,277][WARN ][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified
[2020-08-19T10:26:48,395][INFO ][logstash.runner ] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.8.1", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.11.1 (2.5.7) 2020-03-25 b1f55b1a40 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.261-b12 on 1.8.0_261-b12 +indy +jit [mswin32-x86_64]"}
[2020-08-19T10:26:49,086][INFO ][logstash.config.source.local.configpathloader] No config files found in path {:path=>"C:/elastic_stack/logstash-7.8.1/sql.conf"}
[2020-08-19T10:26:49,116][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] No configuration found in the configured sources.
[2020-08-19T10:26:49,516][INFO ][logstash.agent ] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2020-08-19T10:26:54,488][INFO ][logstash.runner ] Logstash shut down.