# Trying to start logstash in Azure - error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-start-logstash-in-azure-error/57889>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 12, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-start-logstash-in-azure-error/57889 "2016-08-12T06:36:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevwhelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@kevwhelan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kevwhelan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-start-logstash-in-azure-error/57889/1 "2016-08-12T06:36:17Z")

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I am using your instructions to try and install the stack.

Having got elasticsearch up and running, i am now trying to run logstash. I get the following error:

kev@Kubuntu:~/logstash-2.3.1$ ./bin/logstash -f logstash.config  
translation missing: en.logstash.runner.configuration.file-not-found {:level=\>:error}

I actually dont hae a logstash.comfig file (the instructions say: 'After extracting the Logstash archive, we then need to specify the configuration file and do the following:'

I was assuming the config file would be created at runtime.

Any help please. I'm really new to Elastic so be gentle!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-start-logstash-in-azure-error/57889/2 "2016-08-12T06:42:36Z")

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You need to create a file with config, LS doesn't know what you want to process 🙂

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**Author:** ![kevwhelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@kevwhelan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kevwhelan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-start-logstash-in-azure-error/57889/3 "2016-08-12T06:49:55Z")

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what should the config file look like. There isnt a default one in the tar extract that i can find!

Thans very much for your help.

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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:** [August 12, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-start-logstash-in-azure-error/57889/4 "2016-08-12T07:11:55Z")

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> what should the config file look like.

It depends on what you want to do with Logstash. Please consult the documentation and the the examples there.

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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, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-start-logstash-in-azure-error/57889/5 "2017-07-06T04:43:44Z")

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