# Understanding Logstash configuration naming

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**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understanding-logstash-configuration-naming/222295 "2020-03-05T13:34:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understanding-logstash-configuration-naming/222295/1 "2020-03-05T13:34:13Z")

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In one of the online documentation, I found this name`10-suricata.conf`. Also, the prefix number changes for some other configurations.

So apart from prioritizing configs, what else this numbering means?

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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:** [April 2, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understanding-logstash-configuration-naming/222295/2 "2020-04-02T13:34:28Z")

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