# Can we both enable outputs for Elasticsearch and Logstash?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-both-enable-outputs-for-elasticsearch-and-logstash/124805>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 20, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-both-enable-outputs-for-elasticsearch-and-logstash/124805 "2018-03-20T15:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![yodog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yodog/32/4822_2.png) [@yodog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yodog)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-both-enable-outputs-for-elasticsearch-and-logstash/124805/5 "2018-03-23T17:49:07Z")

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> [@Two filebeat instances](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filebeat-instances/123132):
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> can i get two filebeat instances working at the same time, one sending to elasticsearch and the other to logstash? i have lots of messages being parsed by logstash (postfix, cyrus) and it would be too much trouble migrating everything. on the other hand, i like the [simple] way filebeat works with elasticsearch, installing kibana dashboards and so on.

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