# Can we monitor Logstash Forwarder using Packetbeat? is Lumberjack protocol falls under HTTP?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-monitor-logstash-forwarder-using-packetbeat-is-lumberjack-protocol-falls-under-http/1641>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [June 1, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-monitor-logstash-forwarder-using-packetbeat-is-lumberjack-protocol-falls-under-http/1641 "2015-06-01T13:09:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaleeswaran\_Karruppu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Kaleeswaran\_Karruppu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaleeswaran_Karruppu)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-monitor-logstash-forwarder-using-packetbeat-is-lumberjack-protocol-falls-under-http/1641/1 "2015-06-01T13:09:30Z")

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H Team,

I want to monitor the Logstash Forwarder agent.Can we use PackatBeat to monitor Logstash forwarder.

Thanks,  
Kaleeswaran K

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-monitor-logstash-forwarder-using-packetbeat-is-lumberjack-protocol-falls-under-http/1641/2 "2015-06-02T11:31:13Z")

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Not at this stage unfortunately!

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-monitor-logstash-forwarder-using-packetbeat-is-lumberjack-protocol-falls-under-http/1641/3 "2017-07-05T21:59:15Z")

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