# Multiple pipelines + docker

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipelines-docker/141728>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipelines-docker/141728 "2018-07-26T09:39:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![hilt86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilt86/32/20308_2.png) [@hilt86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hilt86)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipelines-docker/141728/1 "2018-07-26T09:39:27Z")

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After [reading the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/multiple-pipelines.html) on running logstash on docker it isn't clear how we should treat the pipelines.yml file when using docker.

I have tried bind mounting like so 🙂

```
   volumes:
  - /root/pipeline2/:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/
  - /root/pipeline/pipeline.yml:/usr/share/logstash/config/pipeline.yml 

```

From what I can tell logstash should look for the pipelines.yml in /usr/share/logstash/config/pipeline.yml which has contents like 🙂

```
- pipeline.id: logstash
  path.config: "/root/pipeline2/logstash.conf"
- pipeline.id: metricbeat
  path.config: "/root/pipeline2/metricbeat.conf"

```

and finally /root/pipeline2/ has the logstash and metricbeat.conf files..

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipelines-docker/141728/2 "2018-07-27T18:03:51Z")

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The paths inside pipeline.yml should reference the files in the Docker container's file system, i.e. /usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf and /usr/share/logstash/pipeline/metricbeat.conf.

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**Author:** ![hilt86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilt86/32/20308_2.png) [@hilt86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hilt86)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipelines-docker/141728/3 "2018-08-03T10:31:59Z")

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Thanks @magnusbaeck....your solution seems obvious now that you mention it...much appreciated!

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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:** [August 31, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-pipelines-docker/141728/4 "2018-08-31T10:32:10Z")

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