# ELK Stack (version 6 ) for Production

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 22, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029 "2017-12-22T15:33:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![raghureddyads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@raghureddyads](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raghureddyads)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029/1 "2017-12-22T15:33:48Z")

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Hi All,

I am installing elasticsearch stack in our environment for testing purpose.

Linux -OS : CentOS 6.9  
JAVA JDK 1.8

Reference for installtion: **[elastic.co](http://elastic.co)**

Elasticsearch 6.0.0  
Kibana 6.0.0  
Logstash 6.0.0  
Filebeat 6.0.0

Can same version can be used for production server , are they compatible with each other.  
Also want to know is anyone using this versions on Production network.?  
Which are the stable version that can be used for production.?

Regards,  
Raghu Reddy

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029/2 "2017-12-22T15:47:31Z")

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I'd use 6.1.1.

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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:** [December 23, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029/3 "2017-12-23T07:24:29Z")

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FYI we’ve renamed ELK to the Elastic Stack, otherwise Beats and APM feel left out! 😉

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**Author:** ![zqc0512](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zqc0512/32/32141_2.png) [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029/4 "2017-12-25T08:11:41Z")

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if it's the new server use the last version of es (es 6.1.x)

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**Author:** ![Funnjy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/funnjy/32/26290_2.png) [@Funnjy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Funnjy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029/5 "2018-01-05T13:13:00Z")

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> [@raghureddyads](#):
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> are they compatible with each other.

As I know(I'm still a newbie to elastic) 6.x.x versions are compatible with each other, however, 5.x.x is not compatible with 6.x.x or it may occur some problems.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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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:** [February 2, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-version-6-for-production/113029/6 "2018-02-02T13:13:09Z")

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