# How do I configure logstash for an Ubuntu service? **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 16, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518 "2019-08-16T15:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mhare/32/52213_2.png) [@mhare](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhare)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518/1 "2019-08-16T15:26:18Z")
Specifically, when I was running logstash as a process I ran it like: bin/logstash -f logstash-simple.conf But I have stopped that madness and want to run it as a service I have the service installed from the debian package, but how do I tell logstash to used the pipeline I have defined in logstash-simple.conf? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518/2 "2019-08-16T15:32:04Z")
You could set path.config in logstash.yml, or use pipelines.yml ---
**Author:** ![mhare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mhare/32/52213_2.png) [@mhare](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhare)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518/3 "2019-08-16T15:37:30Z")
Can I put a single pipeline in pipelines.yml? I tried it a while back and it complained about needing an array ---
**Author:** ![mhare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mhare/32/52213_2.png) [@mhare](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhare)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518/4 "2019-08-16T15:42:55Z")
So, if I make path.config: /foo/bar/logstash-simple.conf and put logstash-simple.conf into /foo/bar it should work? Is there a best place to put such config files for services? ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518/5 "2019-08-16T16:26:42Z")
> [@mhare](#): > > Can I put a single pipeline in pipelines.yml? Absolutely. That is a configuration I use all the time. I would set path.config to the name of the file, not just the directory that contains it. ---
**Author:** ![mhare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mhare/32/52213_2.png) [@mhare](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhare)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518/6 "2019-08-16T17:34:05Z")
Thanks, I know I'll be adding more pipelines in the future, so that would be helpful to have it there from the start. I did also notice it works better if I specify the full file path and not just the directory. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-configure-logstash-for-an-ubuntu-service/195518/7 "2019-09-13T17:34:07Z")
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