Unable to deploy Logstash .. " Unable to configure plugins: Cannot evaluate `${ELASTIC_CERTIFICATE}`. Replacement variable `ELASTIC_CERTIFICATE` is not defined in a Logstash secret store or an environment entry and there is no default value given."

Hello All

I am trying to deploy logstash in our environment and I am seeing below error .
I have created the secret with the Elastic Certificate ( .cer ) file .. but sill I am seeing the below error.

Using bundled JDK: /usr/share/logstash/jdk
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
Sending Logstash logs to /usr/share/logstash/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties
[2021-12-08T11:55:30,409][INFO ][logstash.runner ] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.11.1", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.13.0 (2.5.7) 2020-08-03 9a89c94bcc OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.8+10 on 11.0.8+10 +indy +jit [linux-x86_64]"}
[2021-12-08T11:55:30,447][INFO ][logstash.setting.writabledirectory] Creating directory {:setting=>"path.queue", :path=>"/usr/share/logstash/data/queue"}
[2021-12-08T11:55:30,459][INFO ][logstash.setting.writabledirectory] Creating directory {:setting=>"path.dead_letter_queue", :path=>"/usr/share/logstash/data/dead_letter_queue"}
[2021-12-08T11:55:31,012][INFO ][logstash.agent ] No persistent UUID file found. Generating new UUID {:uuid=>"51d6b846-2dc0-4d92-b9c6-4c75e96afb0f", :path=>"/usr/share/logstash/data/uuid"}
[2021-12-08T11:55:36,359][INFO ][org.reflections.Reflections] Reflections took 53 ms to scan 1 urls, producing 23 keys and 47 values
[2021-12-08T11:55:38,139][ERROR][logstash.agent ] Failed to execute action {:action=>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline_id:main, :exception=>"Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException", :message=>"Unable to configure plugins: Cannot evaluate ${ELASTIC_CERTIFICATE}. Replacement variable ELASTIC_CERTIFICATE is not defined in a Logstash secret store or an environment entry and there is no default value given.", :backtrace=>["org.logstash.config.ir.CompiledPipeline.(CompiledPipeline.java:119)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt.initialize(JavaBasePipelineExt.java:83)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.call(JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.gen)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod$JavaMethodN.call(JavaMethod.java:837)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuper(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1169)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuperSplatArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1156)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InstanceSuperInvokeSite.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39)", "usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.java_pipeline.RUBY$method$initialize$0(/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:47)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:332)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:86)", "org.jruby.RubyClass.newInstance(RubyClass.java:939)", "org.jruby.RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.call(RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.gen)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207)", "usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0(/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:52)", "usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0$VARARGS(/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207)", "usr.share.logstash.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.agent.RUBY$block$converge_state$2(/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:367)", "org.jruby.runtime.CompiledIRBlockBody.callDirect(CompiledIRBlockBody.java:138)", "org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:58)", "org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:52)", "org.jruby.runtime.Block.call(Block.java:139)", "org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:318)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.RubyRunnable.run(RubyRunnable.java:105)", "java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)"]}
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<main>
create at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:129
add at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:57
converge_state at /usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:380
[2021-12-08T11:55:38,150][ERROR][logstash.agent ] An exception happened when converging configuration {:exception=>LogStash::Error, :message=>"Don't know how to handle Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException for PipelineAction::Create<main>"}
[2021-12-08T11:55:38,199][FATAL][logstash.runner ] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#<LogStash::error: Don't know how to handle Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException for PipelineAction::Create<main>>, :backtrace=>["org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:129:in create'", "org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:57:in add'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:380:in `block in converge_state'"]}
[2021-12-08T11:55:38,214][FATAL][org.logstash.Logstash ] Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit
org.jruby.exceptions.SystemExit: (SystemExit) exit
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:747) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:710) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at usr.share.logstash.lib.bootstrap.environment.(/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:89) ~[?:?]

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