# APM-server connecting to elasticsearch even though my output is only enabled for kafka

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-connecting-to-elasticsearch-even-though-my-output-is-only-enabled-for-kafka/195614>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** server\
**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-connecting-to-elasticsearch-even-though-my-output-is-only-enabled-for-kafka/195614 "2019-08-17T18:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vishnu\_Singhal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vishnu_singhal/32/52488_2.png) [@Vishnu\_Singhal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishnu_Singhal)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-connecting-to-elasticsearch-even-though-my-output-is-only-enabled-for-kafka/195614/4 "2019-08-19T15:55:17Z")

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Thanks you.

Also I don't see logs coming in the configured folder. I have enabled logging with 0644 permission .

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