# Logstash in docker

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [October 21, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503 "2019-10-21T14:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asmaa\_Sarih](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asmaa_sarih/32/55145_2.png) [@Asmaa\_Sarih](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Asmaa_Sarih)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503/1 "2019-10-21T14:42:07Z")

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Hello everyone!  
I am having some problem when delploying logstash in docker. When I run container and go inside, I don't see `/etc/logstash/` directory. How can I configure inputs, filters, and outputs?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Fairchild](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_fairchild/32/49941_2.png) [@Michael\_Fairchild](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Fairchild)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503/2 "2019-10-21T16:36:42Z")

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@Asmaa_Sarih you have to create a [configuration file](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/configuration.html) and then copy it to `/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/` within the container. Check out the documentation on [Configuring Logstash for Docker](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/docker-config.html)

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**Author:** ![Asmaa\_Sarih](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asmaa_sarih/32/55145_2.png) [@Asmaa\_Sarih](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Asmaa_Sarih)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503/3 "2019-10-21T16:48:46Z")

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@Michael_Fairchild How I can copy it to `/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/`, can you give me an example please

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Fairchild](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_fairchild/32/49941_2.png) [@Michael\_Fairchild](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Fairchild)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503/4 "2019-10-21T17:18:51Z")

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In your Dockerfile, you can do something like `ADD logstash.conf /usr/share/logstash/pipeline`. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/docker-config.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/docker-config.html) has additional examples.

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**Author:** ![Asmaa\_Sarih](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asmaa_sarih/32/55145_2.png) [@Asmaa\_Sarih](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Asmaa_Sarih)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503/5 "2019-10-21T17:38:48Z")

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Thank you for your response,  
I don't have a dockerfile , I work just with docker-compose.yml file

is it necessary to use dockerfile for logstash configuration or I can do that in docker-compose.yml

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Fairchild](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_fairchild/32/49941_2.png) [@Michael\_Fairchild](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Fairchild)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503/6 "2019-10-21T17:48:50Z")

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You'll need to add a volume to the config directory and define the command to read that config.

```auto
    volumes:
    - ./:/config-dir
    command: logstash -f /config-dir/logstash.conf

```

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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:** [November 18, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-docker/204503/7 "2019-11-18T17:48:51Z")

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