# Possibility of running different versions of same plugin simultaneously
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possibility-of-running-different-versions-of-same-plugin-simultaneously/127459
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 10, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possibility-of-running-different-versions-of-same-plugin-simultaneously/127459 "2018-04-10T10:11:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Pratheek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pratheek)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possibility-of-running-different-versions-of-same-plugin-simultaneously/127459/1 "2018-04-10T10:11:51Z")
Is it possible to run different versions of the same plugin (for instance kafka input plugin) in a single machine simultaneously?
It can be run even in a separate instance of logstash.
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possibility-of-running-different-versions-of-same-plugin-simultaneously/127459/2 "2018-04-10T11:15:18Z")
Sure, you can have two parallel Logstash installations. They will be independent so you can have completely different sets of plugins in them.
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### Author:  [@Pratheek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pratheek)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possibility-of-running-different-versions-of-same-plugin-simultaneously/127459/3 "2018-04-10T13:01:10Z")
Thanks Magnus 😄
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possibility-of-running-different-versions-of-same-plugin-simultaneously/127459/4 "2018-05-08T13:01:15Z")
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