# StatusLogger error while starting Logstash 5, but indexting working **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [November 2, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuslogger-error-while-starting-logstash-5-but-indexting-working/64686 "2016-11-02T09:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuslogger-error-while-starting-logstash-5-but-indexting-working/64686/1 "2016-11-02T09:03:27Z")
Hi, When I start logstash using the command; ``` ./logstash --path.settings=../config/ -f ../logstash.conf ``` I am getting the error; ``` ERROR StatusLogger Unable to access file://../config/log4j2.properties ``` But after sometime, the fetching of data from jdbc (that I have defined in conf file) completes and it indexes values to easticsearch. Why is this happening, and how can I fix this? I have set `0770` for all files in config folder. ---
**Author:** ![jsvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsvd/32/6203_2.png) [@jsvd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsvd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuslogger-error-while-starting-logstash-5-but-indexting-working/64686/2 "2016-11-02T09:58:35Z")
I'm guessing this is just a failure to use a relative path with the file:// uri scheme... can you try passing an absolute path to --path.settings instead of a relative one? ---
**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuslogger-error-while-starting-logstash-5-but-indexting-working/64686/3 "2016-11-02T09:59:34Z")
I tried that too.. same error then also. ---
**Author:** ![jsvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsvd/32/6203_2.png) [@jsvd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsvd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuslogger-error-while-starting-logstash-5-but-indexting-working/64686/4 "2016-11-02T11:15:14Z")
Strange..I can replicate your issue with relative paths, but not with absolute paths: ```auto /tmp/logstash-5.0.0/bin % ./logstash --path.settings=../config/ -f ../cfg ERROR StatusLogger Unable to access file://../config/log4j2.properties java.net.UnknownHostException: .. at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:184) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.doConnect(FtpClient.java:957) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.tryConnect(FtpClient.java:917) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.connect(FtpClient.java:1012) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.connect(FtpClient.java:998) at sun.net.www.protocol.ftp.FtpURLConnection.connect(FtpURLConnection.java:294) at sun.net.www.protocol.ftp.FtpURLConnection.getInputStream(FtpURLConnection.java:393) at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1038) ... ERROR StatusLogger Unable to access file://../config/log4j2.properties java.net.UnknownHostException: .. at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:184) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.doConnect(FtpClient.java:957) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.tryConnect(FtpClient.java:917) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.connect(FtpClient.java:1012) at sun.net.ftp.impl.FtpClient.connect(FtpClient.java:998) at sun.net.www.protocol.ftp.FtpURLConnection.connect(FtpURLConnection.java:294) at sun.net.www.protocol.ftp.FtpURLConnection.getInputStream(FtpURLConnection.java:393) at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1038) ... at org.jruby.Ruby.runScript(Ruby.java:857) at org.jruby.Ruby.runScript(Ruby.java:850) at org.jruby.Ruby.runNormally(Ruby.java:729) at org.jruby.Ruby.runFromMain(Ruby.java:578) at org.jruby.Main.doRunFromMain(Main.java:393) at org.jruby.Main.internalRun(Main.java:288) at org.jruby.Main.run(Main.java:217) at org.jruby.Main.main(Main.java:197) ERROR StatusLogger No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console. Sending Logstash logs to /tmp/logstash-5.0.0/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties. 11:12:31.239 [[main]-pipeline-manager] INFO logstash.pipeline - Starting pipeline {"id"=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>4, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>5, "pipeline.max_inflight"=>500} 11:12:31.255 [[main]-pipeline-manager] INFO logstash.pipeline - Pipeline main started 11:12:31.326 [Api Webserver] INFO logstash.agent - Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600} { "epoc" => 1478085151, "sequence" => 0, "@timestamp" => 2016-11-02T11:12:31.487Z, "@version" => "1", "host" => "Joaos-MBP-5.lan", "message" => "Hello world!" } 11:12:34.279 [LogStash::Runner] WARN logstash.agent - stopping pipeline {:id=>"main"} /tmp/logstash-5.0.0/bin % ``` ```auto /tmp/logstash-5.0.0/bin % ./logstash --path.settings=/tmp/logstash-5.0.0/config/ -f ../cfg Sending Logstash logs to /tmp/logstash-5.0.0/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties. { "epoc" => 1478085180, "sequence" => 0, "@timestamp" => 2016-11-02T11:13:00.437Z, "@version" => "1", "host" => "Joaos-MBP-5.lan", "message" => "Hello world!" } ``` ---
**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuslogger-error-while-starting-logstash-5-but-indexting-working/64686/5 "2016-11-02T11:17:08Z")
hmm.. lemme recheck it again, whether the path is "correct" or not. ---
**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, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuslogger-error-while-starting-logstash-5-but-indexting-working/64686/6 "2017-07-06T04:31:33Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:31am UTC