# Unable to create dead letter queue writer **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 10, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dead-letter-queue-writer/329688 "2023-04-10T20:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tcapp24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@tcapp24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tcapp24)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dead-letter-queue-writer/329688/1 "2023-04-10T20:46:06Z")
Logstash Version - 7.9.1 Currently we are unable to start Logstash properly without receiving error below: ```auto [2023-04-10T20:18:52,978][ERROR][org.logstash.common.DeadLetterQueueFactory] unable to create dead letter queue writer java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/logstash/data/dead_letter_queue/beats/.lock at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixPath.toRealPath(UnixPath.java:860) ~[?:?] at org.logstash.FileLockFactory.obtainLock(FileLockFactory.java:83) ~[logstash-core.jar:?] at org.logstash.common.io.DeadLetterQueueWriter.(DeadLetterQueueWriter.java:81) ~[logstash-core.jar:?] at org.logstash.common.DeadLetterQueueFactory.newWriter(DeadLetterQueueFactory.java:88) ~[logstash-core.jar:?] at org.logstash.common.DeadLetterQueueFactory.lambda$getWriter$0(DeadLetterQueueFactory.java:79) ~[logstash-core.jar:?] at java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent(ConcurrentHashMap.java:1705) [?:?] at org.logstash.common.DeadLetterQueueFactory.getWriter(DeadLetterQueueFactory.java:79) [logstash-core.jar:?] at org.logstash.execution.AbstractPipelineExt.dlqWriter(AbstractPipelineExt.java:277) [logstash-core.jar:?] at org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt.initialize(JavaBasePipelineExt.java:79) [logstash-core.jar:?] at org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.call(JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.gen) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod$JavaMethodN.call(JavaMethod.java:837) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuper(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1169) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuperSplatArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1156) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.ir.targets.InstanceSuperInvokeSite.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.java_pipeline.RUBY$method$initialize$0(/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:44) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:332) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:86) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.RubyClass.newInstance(RubyClass.java:939) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.call(RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.gen) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0(/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:52) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0$ __VARARGS__ (/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.agent.RUBY$block$converge_state$2(/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:357) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.runtime.CompiledIRBlockBody.callDirect(CompiledIRBlockBody.java:138) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:58) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:52) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.runtime.Block.call(Block.java:139) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:318) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at org.jruby.internal.runtime.RubyRunnable.run(RubyRunnable.java:105) [jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?] ``` I have tried restarting Logstash but that doesn't seem to fix the error. Any idea on how to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![tcapp24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@tcapp24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tcapp24)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dead-letter-queue-writer/329688/2 "2023-04-12T14:01:10Z")
Figured it out had to run chown command on our beats directory to fix. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dead-letter-queue-writer/329688/3 "2023-05-10T14:01:38Z")
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