Error: Expected one of #, input, filter, output at line 24, column 1 (byte 528) after "}

Question

I am able to run logstash as:

bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/config.json

but running logstash as a service

sudo service logstash start

is giving me the following error:

... Error: Expected one of #, input, filter, output at line 24, column 1 (byte 528) after "}

Not sure what I am doing wrong here? Configtest also says the config file is fine.

bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/config.json --configtest
Configuration OK

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

When logstash runs, it combines all the files in your config directory into one file. When there's an error, you're getting line and position information into that merged config.

Try:

cat /etc/logstash/conf.d/* > /tmp/total.conf

and then look at line 24 or 25 there.

Answer 2

FYI mine complains about line about line 163 and my combined files don't get that far.