# Logstash.yml file is missing on Linux Redhat distribution

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344 "2017-09-04T21:32:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![amruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344/1 "2017-09-04T21:32:58Z")

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Hi,

I've installed Logstash 2.4 on Redhat based system using rpm install. From the documentation, logstash.yml should be at /etc/logstash/ but I can't find any of the files there except conf.d directory. Can someone please help me find the file?

Thanks in advance..

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344/2 "2017-09-05T08:03:23Z")

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As far as I can remember, Logstash 2.x did not have a logstash.yml file. I think this was introduced for the 5.x range.

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**Author:** ![amruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344/3 "2017-09-05T13:27:07Z")

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Hi Christian,

Can you please explain, without Logstash.yml file, how can we configure settings like,  
1)path.data  
2)path.logs  
3)log level  
and many other configurations.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![amruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344/4 "2017-09-06T18:11:25Z")

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Can someone please help me on this?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344/5 "2017-09-06T18:55:20Z")

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I think most was handled through [command line flags](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/2.4/command-line-flags.html). Why do you want to use Logstash 2.4 instead of the latest version?

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**Author:** ![amruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344/6 "2017-09-07T19:00:00Z")

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Hi Christian, I am using Logstash 2.x because the server I am using has Java 1.7 and Logstash 5.x is not supported with Java 1.7.

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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:** [October 5, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-yml-file-is-missing-on-linux-redhat-distribution/99344/7 "2017-10-05T19:00:11Z")

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