# Running logstash in background in linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [October 12, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-in-background-in-linux/286517 "2021-10-12T14:19:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeshs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mangeshs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mangeshs)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-in-background-in-linux/286517/1 "2021-10-12T14:19:37Z")
I want to run logstash in background on linux server i am using command like this on bin path ```auto nohup ./logstash -f sample.conf& ``` is it correct way to run the logstash or anything else but then I need to read nohup.out file everytime s I can't figure out the data is fully indexed to eleastic search or not ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-in-background-in-linux/286517/2 "2021-10-12T14:25:53Z")
The recommended way to run logstash in background is to run it as a service, after installing using a package manager as `rpm` or `deb`. Then you would just start and stop the service as needed. You can read more in this part of the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash.html#running-logstash-systemd). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-logstash-in-background-in-linux/286517/3 "2021-11-09T14:26:43Z")
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