# Elasticsearch output workers for logstash 5.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [December 11, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-workers-for-logstash-5-1/68638 "2016-12-11T08:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rpuserh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rpuserh/32/63367_2.png) [@rpuserh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rpuserh)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-workers-for-logstash-5-1/68638/1 "2016-12-11T08:31:26Z")
Hi, I want to open multiple connection to elastcsearch I used before workers =\> num but now it giving error. I found in documentation this > workers > Value type is string > Default value is 1 > Output workers are no longer supported. Please use plugin workers but i didn't found any plugin workers. So please help me on this, provide documentation uri or config example ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-workers-for-logstash-5-1/68638/2 "2016-12-12T04:36:01Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/5.1/command-line-flags.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/5.1/command-line-flags.html) Look for `-w`. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-workers-for-logstash-5-1/68638/3 "2017-01-09T04:36:24Z")
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