# Symbolic Link File on Linux not working as Logstash File Input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/symbolic-link-file-on-linux-not-working-as-logstash-file-input/162092>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 26, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/symbolic-link-file-on-linux-not-working-as-logstash-file-input/162092 "2018-12-26T03:47:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wenqing\_Xu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@Wenqing\_Xu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wenqing_Xu)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/symbolic-link-file-on-linux-not-working-as-logstash-file-input/162092/1 "2018-12-26T03:47:36Z")

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Hi, I am currently running a logstash in docker which use file as an input, and output to a elastic search; configuration as below:

```auto
input {
  file {
	path => "/data/log/sandbox/primary/logic/logic-data/logic-data_current"
	#path => "/data/log/sandbox/primary/logic/logic-data/logic-data-2018-12-24_00000"
  }
}

```

path /data/log/sandbox/primary/logic/logic-data/logic-data\_current -\> symbolic link to logic-data-2018-12-24\_00000:

```auto
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Dec 25 16:15 /data/log/sandbox/primary/logic/logic-data/logic-data_current -> logic-data-2018-12-26_00000

```

Logstash only sends log when path is set to real file `/data/log/sandbox/primary/logic/logic-data/logic-data-2018-12-24_00000`, while stopped when path set to a sym link file`/data/log/sandbox/primary/logic/logic-data/logic-data_current`

Could somehow let logstash work with symbolic link file as well? Thanks

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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:** [January 23, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/symbolic-link-file-on-linux-not-working-as-logstash-file-input/162092/2 "2019-01-23T03:47:38Z")

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