# Filebeat and ELK stack question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-and-elk-stack-question/268521>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-and-elk-stack-question/268521 "2021-03-26T16:41:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![nunex\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@nunex\_17](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nunex_17)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-and-elk-stack-question/268521/1 "2021-03-26T16:41:26Z")

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Hi

I have two servers (one that is running suricata and filebeat) the other is running ELK stack. They are on the same network and I want to send the suricata logs via filebeat to the ELK stack (that as basic license and security enabled).

Do I need to configure SSL to manage this to work?

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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:** [March 29, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-and-elk-stack-question/268521/2 "2021-03-29T00:12:01Z")

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You shouldn't _need_ to, but it's highly recommended. Once you move beyond a single node cluster you do need to set Security up by default.

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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:** [April 26, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-and-elk-stack-question/268521/3 "2021-04-26T00:12:27Z")

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