# Divide your logstash config into multiple files
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/divide-your-logstash-config-into-multiple-files/44023
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/divide-your-logstash-config-into-multiple-files/44023 "2016-03-10T12:02:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@jervdv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jervdv)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/divide-your-logstash-config-into-multiple-files/44023/1 "2016-03-10T12:02:38Z")
Hi
How can i divide my logstash config into multiple files?
Like for example i want the input part in one file, the filter in another and the output in another.
Kind Regards
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/divide-your-logstash-config-into-multiple-files/44023/2 "2016-03-10T18:33:42Z")
Divide up the configuration into different files, put those files in a directory (with no other files) and point Logstash to that directory with the `-f` option. /etc/logstash/conf.d us usually used for that purpose.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/divide-your-logstash-config-into-multiple-files/44023/3 "2017-07-06T05:07:29Z")