# ELK Kafka integration

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435 "2021-05-07T15:20:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435/1 "2021-05-07T15:20:49Z")

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Hi All,

Does ELK 7.6.2 support reading data directly from Kafka?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435/2 "2021-05-07T15:38:28Z")

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Logstash (L in ELK) has a Kafka input that you can use.

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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435/3 "2021-05-07T16:27:36Z")

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Thanks. I will look for the documentation. Is it supported with a "free" license?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435/4 "2021-05-07T17:30:30Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435/5 "2021-05-07T20:28:28Z")

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Thanks. Would I need to install Kafka plugin? I see the following output:

```auto
-bash-4.2$ ./logstash-plugin list|grep kafka

logstash-integration-kafka
 âââ logstash-input-kafka
 âââ logstash-output-kafka

```

Please note the special characters `âââ` before logstash-input-kafka

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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:** [June 4, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kafka-integration/272435/6 "2021-06-04T20:29:25Z")

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