# Filebeat client version that will support Kerberos

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-client-version-that-will-support-kerberos/220009>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 19, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-client-version-that-will-support-kerberos/220009 "2020-02-19T15:47:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![truittrg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@truittrg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/truittrg)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-client-version-that-will-support-kerberos/220009/1 "2020-02-19T15:47:28Z")

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Is there filebeat client version planned that will support Kerberos authentication to Kafka brokers?

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-client-version-that-will-support-kerberos/220009/2 "2020-02-19T17:57:19Z")

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Unfortunately this is not available yet but it's something we are looking into: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/5413](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/5413). If you have a GitHub account, I'd suggest commenting on that issue with your use case to help prioritize it and also get notifications on progress.

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-client-version-that-will-support-kerberos/220009/3 "2020-03-18T17:57:26Z")

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