# Unable to start logstash getting error

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 29, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093 "2018-03-29T12:55:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Suman\_Reddy1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suman_reddy1/32/27303_2.png) [@Suman\_Reddy1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suman_Reddy1)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093/61 "2018-04-08T07:54:20Z")

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Oh.. it looks pretty similar as of mine. Except version, am using 6.2.2. That should not be any issue.  
No idea Darsan.

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### Author: ![darsan55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@darsan55](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/darsan55)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093/62 "2018-04-08T08:48:34Z")

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So sad, How do i run logstash in windows then any help @Suman_Reddy1; @Shiv_Gupta; @elastic; @camarar

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### Author: ![camarar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/camarar/32/20476_2.png) [@camarar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/camarar)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093/63 "2018-04-08T11:08:48Z")

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@darsan55 and @Shiv_Gupta,

Are you windows administrators in your Windows installation?  
Are there permission to execute anything?  
Could you send me a print of this folder "C:\Users[YOUR\_USER]\AppData\Local\Temp" ? (Organize this folder by date newer first)

Could you create a folder and copy one file on this path "C:\Users[YOUR\_USER]\AppData\Local\Temp" ?

When you try to execute logstash, are you open windows prompt using "Run as administrator"?

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### Author: ![darsan55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@darsan55](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/darsan55)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093/64 "2018-04-08T18:23:46Z")

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@camarar

Yes i am running everything as administrator .  
I have attached folder and file wise screen-shot. ![tmp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/6/067dade7726ee067abc80da01d2b3175989c3989.PNG)

 ![tempFolder](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/2/6281a35836e7127745a9bd1e80c20ef3c317f93e.PNG)

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### Author: ![camarar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/camarar/32/20476_2.png) [@camarar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/camarar)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093/65 "2018-04-08T21:13:44Z")

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@darsan55 and @Shiv_Gupta,

I believe this problem happens because you don't have suficient permission to create directories/files in the path alocated on system variable $HOME. This problem is related with Java.

Try to do theses steps:

- Create this directory "\ELK\logstash" in this path "C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Local\Temp"

- Change the point below on the file "jvm.options" on path "\logstash-6.2.2\config"  
# set the I/O temp directory  
#-Djava.io.tmpdir=$HOME  
-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Local\Temp\ELK\logstash\

- Try to start logstash again.

After these steps tell us if logstash running.

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### Author: ![darsan55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@darsan55](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/darsan55)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093/66 "2018-04-11T17:31:58Z")

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@camarar

I have tried already but got same result. ☹  
Don't know whats the problem with logstash, ElasticSearch and Kibana are running fine.  
Anyway i have attached my error screen-shot please have a look.

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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: [May 9, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-getting-error/126093/67 "2018-05-09T17:32:02Z")

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