# Can I filter a separate set of logs through logstash rather than straight to Elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-filter-a-separate-set-of-logs-through-logstash-rather-than-straight-to-elasticsearch/353726>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-filter-a-separate-set-of-logs-through-logstash-rather-than-straight-to-elasticsearch/353726 "2024-02-20T21:47:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-filter-a-separate-set-of-logs-through-logstash-rather-than-straight-to-elasticsearch/353726/3 "2024-02-21T00:07:59Z")

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A filebeat instance can only have one output, so you would need two filebeat instances. One to send stuff direct to elasticsearch and one to send stuff to logstash. See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-file-beat-to-multiple-output/235471/2) thread.

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