# Run a self-contained install?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-a-self-contained-install/26583>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 30, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-a-self-contained-install/26583 "2015-07-30T16:26:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Lysik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bruce_lysik/32/2037_2.png) [@Bruce\_Lysik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruce_Lysik)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-a-self-contained-install/26583/1 "2015-07-30T16:26:11Z")

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For a Heroku-like environment, how easy/hard would it be to run logstash in a self-contained manner.

I would like to be able to just have a Procfile with: logstash-script -c configfile (or directory)

What external dependencies would I need to worry about?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-a-self-contained-install/26583/2 "2017-07-06T05:33:18Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 5:33am UTC