# What is the difference between a logstash pipeline and a logstash config file in /config.d?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-logstash-pipeline-and-a-logstash-config-file-in-config-d/161568>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-logstash-pipeline-and-a-logstash-config-file-in-config-d/161568 "2018-12-19T17:33:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ciphee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@ciphee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ciphee)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-logstash-pipeline-and-a-logstash-config-file-in-config-d/161568/1 "2018-12-19T17:33:47Z")

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Hi there,

I was wondering what the difference was between the logstash conf files that you put in /conf.d and pipelines that you can configure within the kibana UI. Are they the same thing that can be configured in 2 places or 2 totally different configurations?

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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:** [January 16, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-logstash-pipeline-and-a-logstash-config-file-in-config-d/161568/2 "2019-01-16T17:33:52Z")

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