# Separate logfiles for Logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separate-logfiles-for-logstash/96249>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separate-logfiles-for-logstash/96249 "2017-08-08T10:59:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![samia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samia/32/29046_2.png) [@samia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samia)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separate-logfiles-for-logstash/96249/1 "2017-08-08T10:59:24Z")

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I'm using Logstash for 4 different sources on a single node.

The config file for these sources are very similar and look like this :

#####################  
input {  
file {

```
path => "/....../source1/*.log" 
codec => "plain" 

```

}  
}

filter {  
.....  
}

output {  
elasticsearch {  
}  
}  
########################

Rather than having a unique logfile ( /var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log) for all these sources, I would like to have one file per source (based on the input location).

Is this possible ? If so, how do I proceed ?

Thanks in advance.

Samia.

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**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 8, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separate-logfiles-for-logstash/96249/2 "2017-08-08T11:11:31Z")

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You need to run multiple Logstash instances.

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**Author:** ![samia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samia/32/29046_2.png) [@samia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samia)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separate-logfiles-for-logstash/96249/3 "2017-08-08T11:12:55Z")

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Ok. Thank you very much.

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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:** [September 5, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separate-logfiles-for-logstash/96249/4 "2017-09-05T11:12:58Z")

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