# Graylog backend not starting

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-backend-not-starting/4757>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Tags:** sidecar, filebeat-linux, nosendlogfblx, failoadcongfigfblx\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-backend-not-starting/4757 "2018-03-28T08:00:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Amine-elhijazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Amine-elhijazi](https://community.graylog.org/u/Amine-elhijazi)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-backend-not-starting/4757/1 "2018-03-28T08:00:32Z")

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good morning i’m facing a lot of issues of the ‘collector sidecar’  
well now i m instaling  
collector-sidecar\_0.1.4-1\_i386.deb

my config file :

> ub1632@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/collector\_sidecar.yml  
> server\_url: [http://192.168.111.132:9000/api/](http://192.168.111.132:9000/api/)  
> update\_interval: 30  
> tls\_skip\_verify: true  
> send\_status: true  
> list\_log\_files:  
> - /var/log  
> node\_id: graylog-collector-sidecar  
> collector\_id: file:/etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/collector-id  
> cache\_path: /var/cache/graylog/collector-sidecar  
> log\_path: /var/log/graylog/collector-sidecar  
> log\_rotation\_time: 86400  
> log\_max\_age: 604800  
> tags:  
> - linux  
> - apache  
> backends:  
> - name: nxlog  
> enabled: false  
> binary\_path: /usr/bin/nxlog  
> configuration\_path: /etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/generated/nxlog.conf  
> - name: filebeat  
> enabled: true  
> binary\_path: /usr/bin/filebeat  
> configuration\_path: /etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/generated/filebeat.yml

the result of  
systemctl status collector-sidecar

> ub1632@ubuntu:~$ systemctl status collector-sidecar  
> ● collector-sidecar.service - Wrapper service for Graylog controlled collector  
> Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/collector-sidecar.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)  
> Active: activating (auto-restart) since Wed 2018-03-28 00:57:08 PDT; 22s ago  
> Process: 1835 ExecStart=/usr/bin/graylog-collector-sidecar (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)  
> Main PID: 1835 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)  
> the erreur in log file :  
> time=“2018-03-27T07:07:17-07:00” level=error msg=“[UpdateRegistration] Failed to report collector status to server: Put [http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/plugins/org.graylog.plugins.collector/collectors/68627057-36d5-479a-b32e-f3bc68cc6781:](http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/plugins/org.graylog.plugins.collector/collectors/68627057-36d5-479a-b32e-f3bc68cc6781:) dial tcp 127.0.0.1:9000: getsockopt: connection refused”  
> time=“2018-03-27T07:07:27-07:00” level=error msg=“[RequestConfiguration] Fetching configuration failed: Get [http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/plugins/org.graylog.plugins.collector/68627057-36d5-479a-b32e-f3bc68cc6781?tags=[“linux”%2C"apache"]:](http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/plugins/org.graylog.plugins.collector/68627057-36d5-479a-b32e-f3bc68cc6781?tags=%5B%22linux%22%2C%22apache%22%5D:) dial tcp 127.0.0.1:9000: getsockopt: connection refused”  
> time=“2018-03-27T07:07:27-07:00” level=error msg=“[UpdateRegistration] Failed to report collector status to server: Put [http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/plugins/org.graylog.plugins.collector/collectors/68627057-36d5-479a-b32e-f3bc68cc6781:](http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/plugins/org.graylog.plugins.collector/collectors/68627057-36d5-479a-b32e-f3bc68cc6781:) dial tcp 127.0.0.1:9000: getsockopt: connection refused”  
> time=“2018-03-27T07:07:31-07:00” level=info msg=“Stopping signal distributor”

thank you for your help !

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**Author:** ![jochen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jochen/32/8_2.png) [@jochen](https://community.graylog.org/u/jochen)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-backend-not-starting/4757/2 "2018-03-28T08:42:08Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Collector side car using filebeat](https://community.graylog.org/t/collector-side-car-using-filebeat/4743)

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**Author:** ![jochen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jochen/32/8_2.png) [@jochen](https://community.graylog.org/u/jochen)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-backend-not-starting/4757/3 "2018-03-28T08:42:08Z")

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