# How to run docker container without any defined pipelines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-docker-container-without-any-defined-pipelines/297736>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-docker-container-without-any-defined-pipelines/297736 "2022-02-21T09:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![DazDotOne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dazdotone/32/102049_2.png) [@DazDotOne](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DazDotOne)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-docker-container-without-any-defined-pipelines/297736/1 "2022-02-21T09:11:02Z")

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Is it possible to start logstash within it's docker container ([docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:7.16.2](http://docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:7.16.2)) without any defined pipelines.

Or is there a simple pipeline I can use that will prevent docker from shutting down. Simply using `stdin` and `stdout` seem to trigger a shutdown.

I can't seem to find any documentation on doing this.

My use case is that I have some super weird ODBC driver that I need to [figure out how to] install and test within the container but I need to do it without all my other pipelines from running if possible.

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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 21, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-docker-container-without-any-defined-pipelines/297736/2 "2022-03-21T09:11:07Z")

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