# Stuck in Logstash

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stuck-in-logstash/269704
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stuck-in-logstash/269704 "2021-04-09T12:14:13Z")
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#### Post date: [April 9, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stuck-in-logstash/269704/15 "2021-04-09T16:35:24Z")

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Enable `--log.level trace`. Direct the logs to a file, because there will be a lot of them. Once logstash has logged the "Successfully started Logstash API" message, wait 60 seconds. Then search the logfile for messages from the filewatch module. See [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-wildcards-regex-not-working/164204/2) for an example. If you cannot understand the logs, post the messages from filewatch (not everything) either here, if possible, or on [gist.github.com](http://gist.github.com) or another file sharing site.

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