# Unable to configure plugins for \*.log **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-plugins-for-log/205022 **Category:** Logstash **Created:** [October 24, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-plugins-for-log/205022 "2019-10-24T08:59:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![gyana\_nayak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gyana_nayak/32/56498_2.png) [@gyana\_nayak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gyana_nayak) #### Post date: [October 24, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-plugins-for-log/205022/1 "2019-10-24T08:59:34Z")
I am a newbie to ELK. was trying to upload log files to Elasticsearch using logstash encounter below error message. ``` > Failed to execute action {:action=>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline_id:main, :exception=>"Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException", :message=>"Unable to configure plugins: (ConfigurationError) Something is wrong with your configuration.", :backtrace=>["org.logstash.config.ir.CompiledPipeline.(CompiledPipeline.java:100)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt.initialize(JavaBasePipelineExt.java:60)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.call(JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.gen)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod$JavaMethodN.call(JavaMethod.java:837)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuper(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1156)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuperSplatArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1143)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InstanceSuperInvokeSite.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39)", "Users.znrind_minus_a0053.Documents.elasticsearch.logstash_minus_7_dot_4_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.java_pipeline.RUBY$method$initialize$0(/Users/znrind-a0053/Documents/elasticsearch/logstash-7.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:26)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:91)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:90)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:332)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:86)", "org.jruby.RubyClass.newInstance(RubyClass.java:915)", "org.jruby.RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.call(RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.gen)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:183)", "Users.znrind_minus_a0053.Documents.elasticsearch.logstash_minus_7_dot_4_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0(/Users/znrind-a0053/Documents/elasticsearch/logstash-7.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:36)", "Users.znrind_minus_a0053.Documents.elasticsearch.logstash_minus_7_dot_4_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0$ __VARARGS__ (/Users/znrind-a0053/Documents/elasticsearch/logstash-7.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:91)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:90)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:183)", "Users.znrind_minus_a0053.Documents.elasticsearch.logstash_minus_7_dot_4_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.agent.RUBY$block$converge_state$2(/Users/znrind-a0053/Documents/elasticsearch/logstash-7.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:326)", "org.jruby.runtime.CompiledIRBlockBody.callDirect(CompiledIRBlockBody.java:136)", "org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:77)", "org.jruby.runtime.Block.call(Block.java:129)", "org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:295)", "org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:274)", "org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:270)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.RubyRunnable.run(RubyRunnable.java:105)", "java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)"]} > warning: thread "Converge PipelineAction::Create
" terminated with exception (report_on_exception is true): > LogStash::Error: Don't know how to handle `Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException` for `PipelineAction::Create
` > create at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:109 > add at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:37 ``` below is my logstash.config file > ``` > input { > file { > path => "/Users/znrind-a0053/Downloads/logs/app-info.log" > start_position => "beginning" > sincedb_path => "/dev/null" > } > } > filter { > grok { > separate => " " > pattern => "%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601:timestamp} %{AUDITLOGLEVEL:level} %{PROG:program} %{GREEDYDATA:message}" > } > } > output { > elasticsearch { > hosts => "localhost" > index => "logs" > document_type => "collected_logs" > } > stdout{} > } > > ``` i have attached sample log files ``` [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 11:25:21.494 [main] ZCustomLogger - This is debug log [ERROR] 2019-10-24 11:25:22.586 [main] ZCustomLogger - Runtime error.. java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero at com.zinier.common.util.ZCustomLogger.addLog(ZCustomLogger.java:26) [classes/:?] at com.zinier.common.util.ZCustomLogger.main(ZCustomLogger.java:14) [classes/:?] [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 11:25:22.647 [main] ZCustomLogger - added a debug log [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 14:17:02.676 [main] ZCustomLogger - This is debug log [ERROR] 2019-10-24 14:17:03.205 [main] ZCustomLogger - Runtime error.. java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero at com.zinier.common.util.ZCustomLogger.addLog(ZCustomLogger.java:26) [classes/:?] at com.zinier.common.util.ZCustomLogger.main(ZCustomLogger.java:14) [classes/:?] [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 14:17:03.232 [main] ZCustomLogger - added a debug log [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 14:17:07.893 [main] ZCustomLogger - This is debug log [ERROR] 2019-10-24 14:17:08.154 [main] ZCustomLogger - Runtime error.. java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero at com.zinier.common.util.ZCustomLogger.addLog(ZCustomLogger.java:26) [classes/:?] at com.zinier.common.util.ZCustomLogger.main(ZCustomLogger.java:14) [classes/:?] [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 14:17:08.172 [main] ZCustomLogger - added a debug log [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 14:17:35.070 [main] ZCustomLogger - This is debug log [INFO] 2019-10-24 14:17:35.329 [main] ZCustomLogger - Value of c = 1 [DEBUG] 2019-10-24 14:17:35.342 [main] ZCustomLogger - added a debug log ``` Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. ---
### Author: ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger) #### Post date: [October 24, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-plugins-for-log/205022/2 "2019-10-24T13:03:58Z")
> [@gyana\_nayak](#): > > Something is wrong with your configuration. There should be a more specific error message immediately preceding this. grok does not have a "separate" option, so try removing that. ---
### Author: ![gyana\_nayak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gyana_nayak/32/56498_2.png) [@gyana\_nayak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gyana_nayak) #### Post date: [October 29, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-plugins-for-log/205022/3 "2019-10-29T05:08:04Z")
Thank you for the solution. I modified the config file as per your comments it worked input { file { path =\> "/Users/znrind-a0053/Downloads/logs/app-info.log" start\_position =\> "beginning" sincedb\_path =\> "/Users/znrind-a0053/Documents/elasticsearch/el\_logs/elfile" } } filter { grok { match =\> {"messages" =\> "%{DATESTAMP\_EVENTLOG:timestamp}%{SPACE}%{LOGLEVEL:log\_level}%{SPACE}%{WORD:method}%{SPACE}%{WORD:class\_name}%{SPACE}%{GREEDYDATA:log\_message}"} } } output { elasticsearch { hosts =\> "localhost" index =\> "logs" document\_type =\> "collected\_logs" } stdout{} } ---
### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system) #### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-plugins-for-log/205022/4 "2019-11-26T05:08:06Z")
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