# Auditbeat with multiple outputs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-with-multiple-outputs/136747>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-with-multiple-outputs/136747 "2018-06-20T18:16:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![data\_smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/data_smith/32/124122_2.png) [@data\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/data_smith)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-with-multiple-outputs/136747/1 "2018-06-20T18:16:21Z")

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Can users configure Auditbeat to have multiple outputs? For example one output Elasticsearch and one output the file system. It appears that's not possible.

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**Author:** ![exekias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/exekias/32/28718_2.png) [@exekias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/exekias)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-with-multiple-outputs/136747/2 "2018-06-20T22:28:41Z")

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Hi @data_smith,

Beats don't support multiple outputs, you would need to use Logstash to send your events them and do some routing to everywhere you need.

As a workaround, you could also send Auditbeat events to the file output, and use Filebeat to forward them to Elasticsearch.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![data\_smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/data_smith/32/124122_2.png) [@data\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/data_smith)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-with-multiple-outputs/136747/3 "2018-06-21T13:02:51Z")

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OK Thanks

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-with-multiple-outputs/136747/4 "2022-11-04T05:26:39Z")

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