# How to start Logstash in Azure? **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [December 13, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-start-logstash-in-azure/111560 "2017-12-13T13:07:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Joff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joff)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-start-logstash-in-azure/111560/1 "2017-12-13T13:07:18Z")
Hi, We are trying to develop a PoC for Elastic on Azure Cloud We installed the Elastic template from Azure Marketplace, selected 3 nodes and now we have following configuration: 1 Kibana VM 3 Data VM 3 Master VM What we can do so far: - Connect and log in to Kibana (create simple index pattern from console) - Connect to VMs via bash ssh **What is still open and we desperately look for clear documentation:** 1. On which VM runs logstash? Master-0 ? 2. How to start logstash on a Azure VM? 3. Where to store the config files (for logstash but also if using jdbc plugin)? Any help would be appreciated thx ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-start-logstash-in-azure/111560/2 "2018-01-10T13:07:23Z")
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