Logstash just gives me two logs - elasticsearch

Question

←[33mUsing milestone 2 input plugin 'file'. This plugin should be stable, but if
you see strange behavior, please let us know! For more information on plugin mi
lestones, see http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/plugin-milestones {:level=>:warn}←[
0m
←[33mUsing milestone 2 filter plugin 'csv'. This plugin should be stable, but if
you see strange behavior, please let us know! For more information on plugin mi
lestones, see http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/plugin-milestones {:level=>:warn}←[
0m
My configuration :
input {
file {
path => [ "e:\mycsvfile.csv" ]
start_position => "beginning"
}
}
filter {
csv {
columns => ["col1","col2"]
source => "csv_data"
separator => ","
}
}
output {
elasticsearch {
host => localhost
port => 9200
index => test
index_type => test_type
protocol => http
}
stdout {
codec => rubydebug
}
}
My environment:
Windows 8
logstash 1.4.2
Question: Has anyone experienced this before? Where do the logstash logs go? Are there known logstash bugs on windows? My experience is that logstash does not do anything.
I tried:
logstash.bat agent -f test.conf --verbose
←[33mUsing milestone 2 input plugin 'file'. This plugin should be stable, but if
you see strange behavior, please let us know! For more information on plugin mi
lestones, see http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/plugin-milestones {:level=>:warn}←[
0m
←[33mUsing milestone 2 filter plugin 'csv'. This plugin should be stable, but if
you see strange behavior, please let us know! For more information on plugin mi
lestones, see http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/plugin-milestones {:level=>:warn}←[
0m
←[32mRegistering file input {:path=>["e:/temp.csv"], :level=>:info}←[0m
←[32mNo sincedb_path set, generating one based on the file path {:sincedb_path=>
"C:\Users\gemini/.sincedb_d8e46c18292a898ea0b5b1cd94987f21", :path=>["e:/tem
p.csv"], :level=>:info}←[0m
←[32mPipeline started {:level=>:info}←[0m
←[32mNew Elasticsearch output {:cluster=>nil, :host=>"localhost", :port=>9200, :
embedded=>false, :protocol=>"http", :level=>:info}←[0m
←[32mAutomatic template management enabled {:manage_template=>"true", :level=>:i
nfo}←[0m
←[32mUsing mapping template {:template=>"{ \"template\" : \"logstash-\", \"se
ttings\" : { \"index.refresh_interval\" : \"5s\" }, \"mappings\" : { \"_
default_\" : { \"_all\" : {\"enabled\" : true}, \"dynamic_templates\
" : [ { \"string_fields\" : { \"match\" : \"\", \"m
atch_mapping_type\" : \"string\", \"mapping\" : { \"type\"
: \"string\", \"index\" : \"analyzed\", \"omit_norms\" : true, \"
fields\" : { \"raw\" : {\"type\": \"string\", \"index\" : \"not_
analyzed\", \"ignore_above\" : 256} } } }
} ], \"properties\" : { \"#version\": { \"type\": \"string\", \"in
dex\": \"not_analyzed\" }, \"geoip\" : { \"type\" : \"object\
", \"dynamic\": true, \"path\": \"full\", \"
properties\" : { \"location\" : { \"type\" : \"geo_point\" }
} } } } }}", :level=>:info}←[0m
It stays like this for a while and no new index is created in elasticsearch.

Answer 1

I had to add:
sincedb_path => "NIL"
and it worked.
http://logstash.net/docs/1.1.0/inputs/file#setting_sincedb_path
sincedb_path Value type is string There is no default value for this
setting. Where to write the since database (keeps track of the current
position of monitored log files). Defaults to the value of environment
variable "$SINCEDB_PATH" or "$HOME/.sincedb".
I've had several sincedb files generated in my C:\users{user}.

Answer 2

While using CSV as the input data I had to add:
sincedb_path => "NIL" inside the file{} json
Example :
input {
file {
path => [ "C:/csvfilename.txt"]
start_position => "beginning"
sincedb_path => "NIL"
}
}
and it worked for logstash version 1.4.2