logstash/docs/asciidoc/static/command-line-flags.asciidoc
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== Command-line flags
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=== Agent
The Logstash agent has the following flags. (You can use the '--help' flag to display this information.)
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-f, --config CONFIGFILE
Load the Logstash config from a specific file, directory, or a wildcard. If given a directory or wildcard, config files will be read from the directory in alphabetical order.
-e CONFIGSTRING
Use the given string as the configuration data. Same syntax as the config file. If not input is specified, 'stdin { type => stdin }' is default. If no output is specified, 'stdout { codec => rubydebug }}' is default.
-w, --filterworkers COUNT
Run COUNT filter workers (default: 1)
--watchdog-timeout TIMEOUT
Set watchdog timeout value in seconds. Default is 10.
-l, --log FILE
Log to a given path. Default is to log to stdout
--verbose
Increase verbosity to the first level, less verbose.
--debug
Increase verbosity to the last level, more verbose.
-v
*DEPRECATED: see --verbose/debug* Increase verbosity. There are multiple levels of verbosity available with
'-vv' currently being the highest
--pluginpath PLUGIN_PATH
A colon-delimited path to find other Logstash plugins in
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=== Web
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-a, --address ADDRESS
Address on which to start webserver. Default is 0.0.0.0.
-p, --port PORT
Port on which to start webserver. Default is 9292.
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