# Elastic cloud on kubernetes - logstash question **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\ **Created:** [February 28, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes-logstash-question/326700 "2023-02-28T17:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes-logstash-question/326700/3 "2023-03-01T13:32:59Z")
Hello, Please avoid bumping up your post, there is no SLA on the forum and not even 24 hours has passed from your question. > [@splitmessage88](#): > > - Is it possible to forward traffic from outside the cluster into Openshift with route? > - Do I need to to use loadBalancer with metalLB and is it possible to use TCP with loadBalancer? This is unrelated to Logstash, as I said on your [previous question](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-to-elastic-stack-on-kubernetes-openshift/326068/4) this is a network/infrastructure issue. you need to check with some openshift community. > [@splitmessage88](#): > > I can curl the route and make a connection, see below. Does this mean that I can forward traffic to Logstash now? If you can connect from outside your openshift cluster to the Logstash port, than you probably can send data to Logstash. > [@splitmessage88](#): > > Can this be done with another technique? Not sure what you mean with this. > [@splitmessage88](#): > > I can see in kibana that the connection is made, but no syslog data is forwarded, see picture below. The screenshot you shared shows that Logstash were able to receive data and send it to Elasticsearch, if you syslog still can't send data you need to troubleshoot it, maybe you have some connectivity issue between the syslog and logstash. Do you have any errors/warn logs in Logstash log? If you have, please share it. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes-logstash-question/326700)._