# When I run logstash, its not reading /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf file **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [October 22, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-run-logstash-its-not-reading-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf-file/104791 "2017-10-22T07:32:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bhupathireddys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@bhupathireddys](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhupathireddys)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-run-logstash-its-not-reading-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf-file/104791/1 "2017-10-22T07:32:11Z")
when I run logstash, systemctl start logstash, its not reading /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf file, and I gave 777 permissions owner is root. I dont see any error but not seeing any output If I run /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf , its just work fine. Could you please help me out? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-run-logstash-its-not-reading-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf-file/104791/2 "2017-10-23T13:06:56Z")
How do you know Logstash isn't reading the file at all? What's in the file? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-run-logstash-its-not-reading-etc-logstash-conf-d-logstash-conf-file/104791/3 "2017-11-20T13:13:59Z")
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