# Udp listener died warning in logstash udp input plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/udp-listener-died-warning-in-logstash-udp-input-plugin/65709>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 10, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/udp-listener-died-warning-in-logstash-udp-input-plugin/65709 "2016-11-10T18:21:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![sha198989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sha198989](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sha198989)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/udp-listener-died-warning-in-logstash-udp-input-plugin/65709/1 "2016-11-10T18:21:31Z")

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HI all,  
i am getting logs from the syslog server. i have used logstash udp input plugin to get logs via the network. my logstash configuration is this

input{  
udp{  
port =\> 5000  
type=\> syslog  
}  
}

i am using logstash2.2.4 version on the ubuntu 14.06 system

and i am having this warning  
{:timestamp=\>"2015-05-09T21:17:44.676000+0000", :message=\>"UDP listener died", :exception=\>#\<SocketError: recvfrom: name or service not known\>, :backtrace=\>["/opt/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-udp-0.1.3/lib/logstash/inputs/udp.rb:79:in `udp_listener'", "/opt/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-udp-0.1.3/lib/logstash/inputs/udp.rb:49:in`run'", "/opt/logstash/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:174:in `inputworker'", "/opt/logstash/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:168:in`start\_input'"], :level=\>:warn}

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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:** [November 15, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/udp-listener-died-warning-in-logstash-udp-input-plugin/65709/2 "2016-11-15T06:43:52Z")

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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:** [December 13, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/udp-listener-died-warning-in-logstash-udp-input-plugin/65709/3 "2016-12-13T06:44:11Z")

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