Hi, I installed logstash 5.2 from the tar package on redhat 6.7. I did not use the installer, because an older version of the elk stack with installed services for logstash, etc. are already present at the system. I need them to run in parallel for a while. I searched, but did not find an initscr…

Edit startup.options (it will be in the config directory where you installed/uncompressed the tar.gz file) Be sure to change SERVICE_NAME to be "logstash5" Ensure all other settings are correct Run $LS_HOME/bin/system-install /path/to/startup.options sysv with sudo or as the root user, where $LS_…

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Logstash 5.2: init script for manual tar.gz installation?

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Jeremy_Foran (Jeremy Foran) February 10, 2017, 9:09pm 2

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Looks like you simply use
start logstash
stop logstash
status logstash
restart logstash

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