Can i run logstash without conf file, all conf data in command line?

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Hi All

Can i run logstash without conf file, all conf data in command line?
I am using multiple conf files, for which it is hard for me to maintain these small conf files in server.

I am looking a way wherein i can use command line flag to provide all the string of conf file itself

I checked the documentation, it says there is a command for it "-e, --config.string CONFIG_STRING"

instead of calling the conf files by providing location in command line, can i paste directly the input,filter and output of conf file in command?

logstash.bat --debug -e " here copy paste conf file data"

but this is not working for me. Please let me know if my assumption for --e command is correct?

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Please be more explicit, not working how? Are you getting errors? What are they? What version are you on?

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I am using logstash 5.2.2
I get error as

Unknown command '{'
which is starting point of conf file.

Do i have to provide the escape in each string?.

All i am interested is, if this is possible with command line, if yes please suggest example

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Please show the command you are running.

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If you have multiple logically separated configs, Logstash 6.x now supports configuration of multiple pipelines, which can simplify deployments and cut down on the amount of conditionals required to control flow.

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Thanks for your replies.
Sorry my late response, actually i dont want to use any physical files, i want to run the pipeline just with service.

Is that possible?

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I have never tried passing anything complex that way. I think that option was added as an easy way to get started, not necessarily to handle large and complex configurations.

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