# How to automatically start logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-start-logstash/57276>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 4, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-start-logstash/57276 "2016-08-04T19:17:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kartikvelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kartikvelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartikvelastic)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-start-logstash/57276/1 "2016-08-04T19:17:33Z")

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/opt/logstash/bin/logstash -f logstash-apache.conf  
is not equivalent to systemctl start logstash  
even though the only file in /etc/logstash/conf.d is logstash-apache.conf

Please advise.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-start-logstash/57276/2 "2016-08-05T00:42:01Z")

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> [@kartikvelastic](#):
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> /opt/logstash/bin/logstash -f logstash-apache.confis not equivalent to systemctl start logstash

What do you mean?  
Why is it not equivalent?  
What do you expect?

Please put more effort into your posts. Not explaining things makes it very hard to provide meaningful assistance. I would encourage you to read [https://www.elastic.co/help](https://www.elastic.co/help) as well.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-start-logstash/57276/3 "2017-07-06T04:44:42Z")

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