diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules_common.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules_common.rb
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+# encoding: utf-8
+require "logstash/util/loggable"
+require "logstash/elasticsearch_client"
+require "logstash/modules/importer"
+require "logstash/errors"
+
+module LogStash module Config
+  class ModulesCommon # extracted here for bwc with 5.x
+    include LogStash::Util::Loggable
+
+    def self.pipeline_configs(settings)
+      pipelines = []
+      plugin_modules = LogStash::PLUGIN_REGISTRY.plugins_with_type(:modules)
+
+      modules_array = settings.get("modules.cli").empty? ? settings.get("modules") : settings.get("modules.cli")
+      logger.debug("Configured modules", :modules_array => modules_array.to_s)
+      module_names = []
+      module_names = modules_array.collect {|module_hash| module_hash["name"]}
+      if module_names.length > module_names.uniq.length
+        duplicate_modules = module_names.group_by(&:to_s).select { |_,v| v.size > 1 }.keys
+        raise LogStash::ConfigLoadingError, I18n.t("logstash.modules.configuration.modules-must-be-unique", :duplicate_modules => duplicate_modules)
+      end
+      ### Here is where we can force the modules_array to use only [0] for 5.5, and leave
+      ### a warning/error message to that effect.
+      modules_array.each do |module_hash|
+        begin
+          import_engine = LogStash::Modules::Importer.new(LogStash::ElasticsearchClient.build(module_hash))
+
+          current_module = plugin_modules.find { |allmodules| allmodules.module_name == module_hash["name"] }
+          alt_name = "module-#{module_hash["name"]}"
+          pipeline_id = alt_name
+
+          current_module.with_settings(module_hash)
+          current_module.import(import_engine)
+          config_string = current_module.config_string
+
+          pipelines << {"pipeline_id" => pipeline_id, "alt_name" => alt_name, "config_string" => config_string, "settings" => settings}
+        rescue => e
+          raise LogStash::ConfigLoadingError, I18n.t("logstash.modules.configuration.parse-failed", :error => e.message)
+        end
+      end
+      pipelines
+    end
+  end
+end end