# Questions about the Logstash Configuration
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-logstash-configuration/95437
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 2, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-logstash-configuration/95437 "2017-08-02T01:33:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@LeonSun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeonSun)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-logstash-configuration/95437/1 "2017-08-02T01:33:33Z")
Hi, I am new to Logstash, I built up 2 configuration file on my server for 2 types of log; I put the 2 types of logs into different folder:/FW\_Log and /VAL-LOG; , and put the 2 config files under same folder: /logstash/configs/ and run : ./bin/logstash -f ./configs/ ; the logstash can read the log files from both 2 folders, but the logs read from both 2 folders are all using the first configuration to split the log?
**Config A:**
#data input
input{
file{
path =\> ["/logserver/FW\_LOG/_._"]
type =\> "system"
start\_position =\> "beginning"}
}
#data filter
filter{
mutate{
split=\>["message","] "]
add\_field=\>{
"field1"=\>"%{[message][0]}"
}
add\_field=\>{
"loginfo"=\>"%{[message][1]}"
}
remove\_field=\>["message"]
}
#data output
output{
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]
}
}
Config B:
#data input
input{
file{
path =\> ["/logserver/VAL\_LOG/_._"]
type =\> "system"
start\_position =\> "beginning"}
}
#data filter
filter{
grok{
match =\> {
"message" =\> "\s\*%{TIME:TestTime}\s\*.%{LOGLEVEL:log\_level}\s\*.\s\*%{GREEDYDATA:loginfo}"
}
remove\_field =\> ["message"]
}
}
#data output
output{
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]
}
}
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-logstash-configuration/95437/2 "2017-08-02T01:44:24Z")
Config files are merged together, you need to use something like this to split them - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/config-examples.html#using-conditionals](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/config-examples.html#using-conditionals)
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### Author:  [@LeonSun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeonSun)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-logstash-configuration/95437/3 "2017-08-02T04:03:14Z")
it fixed my problem, thanks a lot;
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-logstash-configuration/95437/4 "2017-08-30T04:03:42Z")
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