# Logstash as a service in Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-windows/135090>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 8, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-windows/135090 "2018-06-08T06:30:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Maekee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/maekee/32/21708_2.png) [@Maekee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maekee)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-windows/135090/1 "2018-06-08T06:30:05Z")

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Hello everybody,  
This is a question for all you running Logstash on Windows Servers.  
What software/procedure do you use to create/run Logstash as a service? Whats you experience with different ways? Need a stable way do do this that i can Count on.

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**Author:** ![Joshua\_Fenton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joshua_fenton/32/46566_2.png) [@Joshua\_Fenton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joshua_Fenton)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-windows/135090/2 "2018-06-08T12:15:20Z")

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I've done this using NSSM to create the Logstash service and it is quite stable. Make sure to closely tune your settings in Logstash.yml

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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, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-a-service-in-windows/135090/3 "2018-07-06T12:15:32Z")

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