# Unable to start logstash-forwarder in centos 5

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-forwarder-in-centos-5/38841>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-forwarder-in-centos-5/38841 "2016-01-11T07:25:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![gugansankar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e274bd/32.png) [@gugansankar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gugansankar)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-forwarder-in-centos-5/38841/1 "2016-01-11T07:25:18Z")

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I tried install logstash forwarder in one of my production server to monitor the application logs. When I start the logstash-forwarder , its show "Segment Fault Error".

Could you please guide, does logstash-forwarder won't support CentOS 5.x ?. Also Please share me the package link that would support CentOS5

**My Server Detail:**

> CentOS 5.6

**Logstash-forwarder tried:**

> logstash-forwarder-0.4.0-1  
> logstash-forwarder-0.3.1-1

**Error Message:**

> Jan 11 07:16:20 fc-feed03 kernel: logstash-forwar[19068]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00007fff3bbfc767 rsp 00007fff3bbca120 error 4

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-forwarder-in-centos-5/38841/2 "2016-01-11T14:39:43Z")

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Logstash-forwarder (LSF) is written in Go. The Go language doesn't support running on Centos 5 due to some missing features in the kernel. It's rumored that later versions of Centos 5 do work. For details see this detailed [blog](http://dave.cheney.net/2013/06/18/how-to-install-go-1-1-on-centos-5) post about Go on Centos 5.

Also LSF is deprecated and being replaced by [Filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat) (which is also written in Go).

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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, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-forwarder-in-centos-5/38841/3 "2017-07-06T05:16:08Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 5:16am UTC