# Logstash running only localhost url
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-running-only-localhost-url/151102
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-running-only-localhost-url/151102 "2018-10-04T18:56:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Rahul\_Yadav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Yadav)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-running-only-localhost-url/151102/1 "2018-10-04T18:56:44Z")
I have installed logstash, Kibana, elasticseach, metricbeat. How can I configure and static VM IP for logstash because bydefaul logstash running on localhost
I want to use static IP instead of localhost, I want to shipped data from remote host.
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-running-only-localhost-url/151102/2 "2018-10-04T19:34:59Z")
By default Logstash's input plugins listens on all available network interfaces. If you find Logstash is only listening on the loopback interface it's probably something in your Logstash configuration or the rest of your environment.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-running-only-localhost-url/151102/3 "2018-11-01T19:35:04Z")
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