# Logstash as a service in linux

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 4, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126 "2016-10-04T06:15:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/1 "2016-10-04T06:15:03Z")

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Hello,  
Is it possible to run logstash as service in linux? i am finding it difficult, in windows its super easy and even can run multiple instances, but in linux i have no clue at all

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/2 "2016-10-04T06:26:06Z")

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How are you installing Logstash? RPM package? Debian package?

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/3 "2016-10-04T06:37:59Z")

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On AWS linux, RPM

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/4 "2016-10-04T07:32:33Z")

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Then I'm sure it's managed like any other service, i.e. with e.g. `service logstash start`. Configuration files go into /etc/logstash/conf.d and startup options are set via /etc/sysconfig/logstash.

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/5 "2016-10-04T08:07:54Z")

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it stops very often, not sure where to check

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/6 "2016-10-04T08:18:02Z")

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> [@magnusbaeck](#):
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> /etc/sysconfig/logstash.

just saw the log and i have this

WARN: org.elasticsearch.transport.netty: [logstash-0.0.0.0-3475-2010] exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0x88a4d1f1]], closing connection

Should we give [http://elasticsearchurl](http://elasticsearchurl):port in the logstash config file? or without http?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/7 "2016-10-04T08:57:41Z")

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> WARN: org.elasticsearch.transport.netty: [logstash-0.0.0.0-3475-2010] exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0x88a4d1f1]], closing connection

In the Logstash log? Which version of Logstash is this? What's your configuration?

> Should we give [http://elasticsearchurl](http://elasticsearchurl):port in the logstash config file? or without http?

Either or, I believe.

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/8 "2016-10-04T09:02:08Z")

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> [@magnusbaeck](#):
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> In the Logstash log? Which version of Logstash is this? What's your configuration?

Yes, version is logstash-2.2.4-1.noarch

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/9 "2016-10-04T09:14:55Z")

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And what does your Logstash configuration look like?

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/10 "2016-10-04T09:16:29Z")

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which file u are referrng here 😁

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/11 "2016-10-04T09:27:04Z")

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The file(s) you put in /etc/logstash/conf.d or feed to Logstash on the command line.

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/12 "2016-10-04T09:56:05Z")

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input {  
tcp {  
port =\> 5504  
type =\> 'metrix  
codec =\> json {  
charset =\> "UTF-8"  
}  
}  
}

output {  
if [type] == "metrix" {  
elasticsearch {  
host =\> "ip:9200"  
index =\> "metrics-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/13 "2016-10-04T10:00:35Z")

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actually have them in 2 files one as input and another as output

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/14 "2016-10-04T10:04:29Z")

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Okay. Not sure what's going on.

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/15 "2016-10-04T10:05:00Z")

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😢

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**Author:** ![elastic-fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/16 "2016-10-04T11:20:43Z")

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Fixed it, it should be hosts not host 😌

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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, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-linux/62126/17 "2017-07-06T04:35:55Z")

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