# Logstash config file processing order
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-file-processing-order/114927
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [January 10, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-file-processing-order/114927 "2018-01-10T17:58:18Z")
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### Author:  [@Ranieri\_Mazili\_de\_Ol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ranieri_Mazili_de_Ol)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-file-processing-order/114927/1 "2018-01-10T17:58:19Z")
Considering that the basic structure of a logstash.conf is:
> input {
> ...
> }
> filter {
> ...
> }
> output {
> ...
> }
Looking above we assume that logstash will process the incoming events on that order (input, filter, output).
Can I use output first to enrich data (using http output plugin) for example then use a filter and the output again to send it to elasticsearch like below:
> input {
> ...
> }
> output {
> ...http output...
> }
> filter {
> ...
> }
> output {
> ...elasticsearch...
> }
Will this work or it will process in the order input, filter, output, ouput?
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-file-processing-order/114927/2 "2018-01-10T20:45:17Z")
It reads from the inputs, applies the filters and writes to the outputs. The order of the items in the configuration file or files does not matter. Something like
```
output {}
input {}
filter {}
```
works just the same as
```
input {}
filter {}
output {}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-file-processing-order/114927/3 "2018-02-07T20:45:21Z")
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