# Installing logstash on MAC OS X

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-logstash-on-mac-os-x/50661>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 22, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-logstash-on-mac-os-x/50661 "2016-05-22T23:48:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tglasgow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tglasgow/32/4363_2.png) [@tglasgow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tglasgow)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-logstash-on-mac-os-x/50661/1 "2016-05-22T23:48:50Z")

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I want to install Logstash, Elastic, Kibana on my Macbook, but most of the documentation on GITHUB and the elastic site seem to revolve around windows. Does anyone know of good documentation for installing on OS X.

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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:** [May 23, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-logstash-on-mac-os-x/50661/2 "2016-05-23T03:58:02Z")

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Just download the tar.gz or zip, extract and run.

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**Author:** ![xdzhou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@xdzhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xdzhou)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-logstash-on-mac-os-x/50661/3 "2016-05-23T07:35:14Z")

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make sure you have java

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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, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-logstash-on-mac-os-x/50661/4 "2017-07-06T04:56:41Z")

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