# Running Logstash config in background **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 17, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915 "2018-08-17T13:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/1 "2018-08-17T13:58:38Z")
I have created several config files and all are running with single run and stops when I close the terminal. How to make those config run forever in background and also do I have to run them again when server goes down/restart? I have added schedule to make them run every 5 minutes. These config files fetches values from dB. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/2 "2018-08-17T14:11:16Z")
Which operating system? ---
**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/3 "2018-08-17T16:16:11Z")
Unix @magnusbaeck ---
**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:** [August 17, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/4 "2018-08-17T18:41:49Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash.html) ---
**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/5 "2018-08-18T07:46:11Z")
@magnusbaeck Ok that will start logstash service. Will it automatically pick up the config files ? How would it know the location of config files ? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/6 "2018-08-20T07:14:24Z")
> Will it automatically pick up the config files ? Yes, if they're stored in the right place. > How would it know the location of config files ? > **[Logstash Directory Layout | Logstash Reference \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/dir-layout.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/7 "2018-08-20T09:26:28Z")
Thanks for the reply. What would be the right directory to store config files? I have extracted logstash from .tar.gz file. The link you provided doesn't contain the path to keep config files. @magnusbaeck ---
**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/8 "2018-08-20T09:33:08Z")
For rpm or debian installation on the path is there but it is not mentioned for tar.gz extracted setup @magnusbaeck ---
**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:** [August 20, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/9 "2018-08-20T12:38:58Z")
If you want to run Logstash as a service I strongly recommend that you rely on the packages. When running Logstash from the tarball I believe Logstash will read config/logstash.yml and that file will configure where Logstash reads the rest of the configuration files. ---
**Author:** ![Divit\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divit_sharma/32/32348_2.png) [@Divit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divit_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/10 "2018-08-20T14:00:18Z")
Thanks. Would you recommend running them simply with nohup command? @magnusbaeck ---
**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:** [August 20, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/11 "2018-08-20T14:03:12Z")
No, absolutely not. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-config-in-background/144915/12 "2018-09-17T14:09:46Z")
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