# How to manage logstash within Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-logstash-within-kibana/119624>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 13, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-logstash-within-kibana/119624 "2018-02-13T11:43:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdavey-enable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jdavey-enable](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jdavey-enable)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-logstash-within-kibana/119624/1 "2018-02-13T11:43:52Z")

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Hi, I'm new to Kibana, logstash and elasticsearch. I have just been give a system that was built by someone else and I'm trying to get to grips with how it all connects together. I've read through a lot of the documentation and whilst watching a video on "getting started logstash" I noticed that they had Elasticsearch, Kibana and Logstash under management, however on my system I only see Elasticsearch and Kibana.

Running Version: 6.1.1  
OS Debian Stretch

sudo -i service elasticsearch status  
Active: active (running)

sudo -i service kibana status  
Active: active (running)

sudo systemctl status logstash  
Active: active (running)

Any guidance would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jdavey-enable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jdavey-enable](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jdavey-enable)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-logstash-within-kibana/119624/2 "2018-02-13T12:00:25Z")

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Tried to navigate to the URL provided on the video which gave me the following alert "Logstash: Your basic license does not support Logstash pipeline management features. Please upgrade your license." I think this may answer my question.

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**Author:** ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-logstash-within-kibana/119624/3 "2018-02-13T19:27:12Z")

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Yep, at the top of [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.x/logstash-centralized-pipeline-management.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.x/logstash-centralized-pipeline-management.html) there is more information about obtaining a license.

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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:** [March 13, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-manage-logstash-within-kibana/119624/4 "2018-03-13T19:27:32Z")

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