# Is Logstash going to die?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-logstash-going-to-die/65505>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-logstash-going-to-die/65505 "2016-11-09T14:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Salomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Patrick\_Salomon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Patrick_Salomon)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-logstash-going-to-die/65505/4 "2016-11-09T14:32:23Z")

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Check here:

> [@Logstash not a service on Amazon AMI frowning](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-a-service-on-amazon-ami/64483/14):
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> All I am pointing out is that based on the documentation I see, and the output of the installation process, the expected behavior of Logstash is different than any of the other ELK stack services. Amazon Linux AMI release 2016.09 sudo yum list installed | grep elastic elasticsearch.noarch 5.0.0-1 @elasticsearch-5.x filebeat.x86\_64 5.0.0-1 @elastic-5.x kibana.x86\_64 5.0.0-1 @elasti…

Logstash is the only product from Elastic that is not started as the others (at least on some hosts)

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