# Unable to view logs on Elastic/Kibana using JDBC Logstash plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-logs-on-elastic-kibana-using-jdbc-logstash-plugin/62220>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 4, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-logs-on-elastic-kibana-using-jdbc-logstash-plugin/62220 "2016-10-04T21:04:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tesaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tesaaron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tesaaron)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-logs-on-elastic-kibana-using-jdbc-logstash-plugin/62220/1 "2016-10-04T21:04:09Z")

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Hello,

I have successfully connected Logstash to my back-end Vertica database using the JDBC plugin for Logstash. Anytime a new entry is made in the table I am pointing at in Vertica I can view the Logstash update in var/log/logstash/logstash.stdout. However I cannot view the same log change on Elastic/Kibana. Do I need to update the output configuration? My current output configuration looks like:

output {

if [type] == "A" {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["localhost"]  
sniffing =\> true  
manage\_template =\> false  
index =\> "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
document\_type =\> "%{[@metadata][type]}"  
}  
}  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

Many thanks,  
Aaron

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-logs-on-elastic-kibana-using-jdbc-logstash-plugin/62220/2 "2016-10-05T10:17:05Z")

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Does the `type` match?

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**Author:** ![tesaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tesaaron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tesaaron)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-logs-on-elastic-kibana-using-jdbc-logstash-plugin/62220/3 "2016-10-05T10:53:52Z")

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Hello,

Managed to get this working. Updated the output to:

output {  
if [type] == "A" {  
elasticsearch { }  
}  
}  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

And used default elastic configurations.

Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![truesecure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@truesecure](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/truesecure)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-logs-on-elastic-kibana-using-jdbc-logstash-plugin/62220/4 "2017-05-12T18:59:11Z")

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Hello Aaron, can I ask you to share the configuration (properties) that allowed you to connect to Vertica? I am trying to do the same. Thanks.

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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, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-view-logs-on-elastic-kibana-using-jdbc-logstash-plugin/62220/5 "2017-07-06T04:26:38Z")

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