Logstash -Could not find any executable java binary

Question

I have ELK installed on a VM in my laptop.Elasticsearch is up and running.

./bin/logstash -f logstash-filter.conf gives me the below error Could not find any executable java binary. Please install java in your PATH or set JAVA_HOME.

I tried setting up JAVA_HOME and $ PATH, still the issue is persistent. Am I missing something?

 which java
/usr/bin/java


java -version
java version "1.7.0_79"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.5) (7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)

echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_45

echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/divija/bin:/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_45/bin

logstash-filter.conf

input { stdin { } }

filter {
  grok {
    match => { "message" => "%{COMBINEDAPACHELOG}" }
  }
  date {
    match => [ "timestamp" , "dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss Z" ]
  }
}

output {
  elasticsearch { host => localhost 
    index=>"myindex"
}
  stdout { codec => rubydebug }`enter code here`
}

OmarOthman · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-30 15:51:52Z

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I had to

export JAVACMD=`which java`

to make this work.

answered Oct 30, 2015 at 15:51

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Raghav Garg · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-19 12:59:23Z

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I know, it's an old thread, but I was also having the same problem and was doing a very silly thing.

I had updated my $JAVA_HOME var in /etc/environment but was not reloading the file because of which it was not taking effect, and running source /etc/environment solved my problem.

answered Nov 19, 2016 at 12:59

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AlisonGrey Over a year ago

I don't get it, I am also facing the same issue. I tried setting javacmd and running ./system-install from the /usr/share/logstash/bin. Im still facing the JAVA error. could not find java; set JAVA_HOME or ensure java is in PATH @raghav,@Raghav Garg

Raghav Garg Over a year ago

@SPishere, can you please share your output for which java, java -version, echo $JAVACMD, echo $JAVA_HOME, echo $PATH.

AlisonGrey Over a year ago

They all are pointing to the right path, However i was able to fix it by adding JAVA_HOME=path/to/jdk in the startup.options.

Raghav Garg Over a year ago

@SPishere, so now your logstash is working, right? After setting JAVA_HOME.

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