Windows: logstash.bat doesn't work if the directory contains spaces

[cawoodm]

Just installed LogStash (after much trouble in getting JRuby to work in Win7...). However running bin\logstash.bat results in:

Unable to find JRuby.

The reason is complex but TL DR: Maybe you could just use %JRUBY_HOME% which is set when JRuby is installed.

The long version...

It seems setup is expecting a "vendor" version of JRuby inside LogStash:

set JRUBY_BIN="%LS_HOME%\vendor\jruby\bin\jruby"
if exist "%JRUBY_BIN%" (
  set VENDORED_JRUBY=1
goto finally
) else (
goto missing_jruby
)

However no such file is found. The closest thing we have is C:\Prg\monitoring\logstash\vendor\bundle\jruby\1.9\bin but there is no jruby file in there. Indeed, under Windows there should presumably be a jruby.exe in there.

[jsvd]

are you trying to use logstash from a packaged release (.zip) or git repo for development?

[cawoodm]

Packaged.
I tried to point JRUBY_BIN at my JRuby 9.0 but apparently it's the wrong version. The bundled "vendor " version seems to be 1.9 but I could not find that anywhere for download???

[jsvd]

@cawoodm you don't have to download jruby at all, logstash already comes packaged with it.

you only need to have JAVA_HOME defined, and the run bin\logstash.bat -h (or bin\logstash)

[jsvd]

@cawoodm are you still seeing problems? if not feel free to close the issue

[cawoodm]

I'll give it a whirl tomorrow again but as I originally posted - running logstash resulted in "Unable to find JRuby." before I had done anything (JAVA_HOME was set, without trailing slash to JDK 1.8). IMO the batch was looking for a unix-like executable "jruby" (without extension),

[cawoodm]

I deleted and re-installed 5.1.1 and now it works. It could well be that I extracted logstash-5.1.1.zip using Windows' own unzip function (which has some issues) and ended up with an incomplete install.

[visualskyrim]

So, I ran into the same issue last night. And I tried this morning again, it worked.
Before I ran logstash.bat, I executed setup.bat first for this time.
I don't it is the reboot or the setup.bat that made it work, but it's worth a try.

Hope it helps :)

[elvarb]

Ran into this just now, only with logstash-plugin and setup.bat first worked

[saigal06]

plz tell me the solution i m going through the same problem ...

[keyur9]

Hey @saigal06, could you share where are you placing your config file? I'd be able to help you as I was also facing the same issue and figured it out.

[requiembkp]

@saigal06

Modify setup.bat

if not exist "%JRUBY_BIN%" ( --> if not exist %JRUBY_BIN% (

[pirelaurent]

i had same pb after installation.
As an old dos user, i saw that my logstash was unzip under a folder with a space in the name like : D:\myProgram Files\logstash-5.6.3> and it doesn't find jruby this way.
I move the directory upper into D:\logstash-5.6.3> (no spaces in full name) and i can run it from D:\logstash-5.6.3\bin>logstash.bat without pb.
( More : to run it from D:\logstash-5.6.3> must add quotes "bin/logstash.bat" )
HTH

[HarveyEV]

Yeah 5.6.3 zip installer has issues with dir structure for jruby which breaks the batch files. Rolling back to 5.6.2 worked for me.

[nemonster]

Just an update - this is still broken. Removing the quotes from the JRUBY_BIN check does get past that error. However it will still fail when attempting to use the working directory with the spaces.

[r2o3k]

That did the trick for me @pirelaurent, thanks!!! I also had to set JRUBY_HOME before doing anything as well.

[jordansissel]

Setting JRUBY_home is not supported and while it may work around it is not intended for use. Please don’t recommend this fix. I am glad for those who can use this work around, but this is a bug and not feature.

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[aungkyawpike]

@pirelaurent's the trick is working, Thanks a lot.
just remove the space in directory names, eg. my previous dir was C:\Elastic Stack\logstash-5.6.3
I removed the space and changed to C:\ElasticStack\logstash-5.6.3, it is working finally.

[elvarb]

Solution found!

When calling the logstash.bat file full path of the bat file must be used and in short format.

For example in my case I have logstash stored in C:\Program Files\Logstash, then there are subfolders for each Logstash version. So in the root folder I have logstash.bat that contains this.

"%~dps0logstash-5.6.4\bin\logstash.bat" -f %~dps0logstash-config\config\config.conf -r

When I run logstash.bat from the C:\Program Files\Logstash folder it will convert the current path location to a short name version.

C:\Program Files\Logstash\logstash-5.6.4\bin\logstash.bat becomes C:\Progra~1\Logstash\logstash-5.6.4\bin\logstash.bat

Found the solution at this link http://www.robvanderwoude.com/shorts.php

[jordansissel]

I have updated the issue's description to hopefully accurately represent the bug.

[Kvinothine]

Have unzipped the logstash version 6.1.1 but when i run the logstash.bat file i m getting the following error
The system cannot find the path specified.
"could not find jruby in C:\Program Files\logstash-6.1.1\vendor\jruby"

Saw all the previous discussion and worked on those solutions since my problem is not solved but i checked the vendor directory jruby file was there.

Should i modify the setup.batch file

set JRUBY_BIN="%LS_HOME%\vendor\jruby\bin\jruby"
if not exist "%JRUBY_BIN%" (
echo "could not find jruby in %LS_HOME%\vendor\jruby" 1>&2
exit /b 1
)

instead of '%LS_HOME%' should i give C:\Program Files\logstash-6.1.1 tried that also but not working.

[schivei]

I have the same problem with logstash 6.3.0 on windows.

the path of jruby bin is: vendor\bundle\jruby\2.3.0\bin

but, jruby executor is not located on the bin or other directory

[GsonLi]

i had same pb after installation.
As an old dos user, i saw that my logstash was unzip under a folder with a space in the name like : D:\myProgram Files\logstash-5.6.3> and it doesn't find jruby this way.
I move the directory upper into D:\logstash-5.6.3> (no spaces in full name) and i can run it from D:\logstash-5.6.3\bin>logstash.bat without pb.
( More : to run it from D:\logstash-5.6.3> must add quotes "bin/logstash.bat" )
HTH

Thanks a lot!!!

[ghost]

I deleted and re-installed 5.1.1 and now it works. It could well be that I extracted logstash-5.1.1.zip using Windows' own unzip function (which has some issues) and ended up with an incomplete install.

Faced the same issue. The issue was also improper extraction from Windows Explorer "Extract here" option. Using 7zip to extract did create the folders "\vendor\jruby\bin\jruby" and resolve the issue.