# Multiple pipeline **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [May 28, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451 "2018-05-28T04:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/1 "2018-05-28T04:54:50Z")
I am using a windows operating system.Where should i store my pipeline.yml file.i placed it in the config folder but i get an error. This is the error i am getting: C:\logstash-5.4.1\>bin\logstash Sending Logstash's logs to C:/logstash-5.4.1/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties ERROR: No configuration file was specified. Perhaps you forgot to provide the '-f yourlogstash.conf' flag? usage: bin/logstash -f CONFIG\_PATH [-t] [-r] [] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -e CONFIG\_STR [-t] [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -i SHELL [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash -V [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash --help ---
**Author:** ![wanglifeng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@wanglifeng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wanglifeng)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/2 "2018-05-28T05:07:45Z")
did you uncomment content in pipeline.yml file? ---
**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/3 "2018-05-28T05:20:05Z")
hi, yes ---
**Author:** ![vicennt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de053/32.png) [@vicennt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vicennt)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/4 "2018-05-28T08:19:46Z")
Add the path settings flag: ``` bin/logstash --path.settings="path/to/your/config/directory" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/5 "2018-05-29T05:23:23Z")
hi Vicent, I tried this but i am getting this error: C:\logstash-5.4.1\>bin\logstash --path.settings="C:\logstash-5.4.1\config\logstash.yml" WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults An unexpected error occurred! :error =\> bad URI(is not URI?): file:///C:\logstash-5.4.1\config\logstash.yml/log4j2.properties, :backtrace =\> ["C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:176:in `split'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:210:in`parse'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:747:in `parse'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:994:in`URI'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/logging/logger.rb:76:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/ext/thread/Mutex.java:149:in`synchronize'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/logging/logger.rb:74:in `initialize'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:205:in`execute'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:185:in`run'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "C:\\logstash-5.4.1\\lib\\bootstrap\\environment.rb:71:in`(root)'"] ---
**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/6 "2018-05-29T05:28:57Z")
when i give the path only to the config directory this is what happens: C:\logstash-5.4.1\>bin\logstash --path.settings="C:\logstash-5.4.1\config" An unexpected error occurred! :error =\> bad URI(is not URI?): file:///C:\logstash-5.4.1\config/log4j2.properties, :backtrace =\> ["C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:176:in `split'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:210:in`parse'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:747:in `parse'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/1.9/uri/common.rb:994:in`URI'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/logging/logger.rb:76:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/ext/thread/Mutex.java:149:in`synchronize'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/logging/logger.rb:74:in `initialize'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:205:in`execute'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:185:in`run'", "C:/logstash-5.4.1/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "C:\\logstash-5.4.1\\lib\\bootstrap\\environment.rb:71:in`(root)'"] ---
**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/7 "2018-05-29T05:35:13Z")
do i need to uncomment the logstash.yml also ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipeline/133451/8 "2018-06-26T05:35:16Z")
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