# How to list plugins on a logstash docker container?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-list-plugins-on-a-logstash-docker-container/194460>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 8, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-list-plugins-on-a-logstash-docker-container/194460 "2019-08-08T15:03:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![kmiklas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmiklas/32/50730_2.png) [@kmiklas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmiklas)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-list-plugins-on-a-logstash-docker-container/194460/1 "2019-08-08T15:03:03Z")

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Logstash is running in a docker container, and I'd like to list its plugins.

For a VM or metal installation, Here is the command [Ref 1]

```
sudo bin/plugin list

```

How do I run this command in a Docker container? I've tried the following, but no luck: [Ref 3]

```
sudo docker exec -it docker-elk_logstash_1 plugin list
sudo docker exec -it docker-elk_logstash_1 bin/plugin list
sudo docker exec -it docker-elk_logstash_1 /bin/plugin list

```

Nope.

EDIT:

I managed to shell into my container, like so:

```
sudo docker exec -it docker-elk_logstash_1 bash

```

And found `bin/logstash-plugin`. The following command successfully showed plugins:

```
bash-4.2$ pwd
/usr/share/logstash/bin
bash-4.2$ ./logstash-plugin list

```

**References**

1. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.0/listing-removing.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.0/listing-removing.html)
2. [http://phase2.github.io/devtools/common-tasks/ssh-into-a-container/](http://phase2.github.io/devtools/common-tasks/ssh-into-a-container/)
3. [https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/exec/](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/exec/)

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**Author:** ![kmiklas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmiklas/32/50730_2.png) [@kmiklas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmiklas)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-list-plugins-on-a-logstash-docker-container/194460/2 "2019-08-08T15:17:08Z")

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Seems the problem was that the docs are outdated. It's now named ``logstash-plugin".

```
sudo docker exec -it docker-elk_logstash_1 bin/logstash-plugin list

```

Was successful.

I debugged it by shelling into the container, like so:

```
sudo docker exec -it docker-elk_logstash_1 bash

```

Sniffed around, and found `bin/logstash-plugin`. The following command successfully showed plugins:

```
bash-4.2$ pwd
/usr/share/logstash/bin
bash-4.2$ ./logstash-plugin list
```

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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:** [September 5, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-list-plugins-on-a-logstash-docker-container/194460/3 "2019-09-05T15:17:09Z")

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