# Filebeat compatiibility with Logstash

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-compatiibility-with-logstash/79895
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [March 24, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-compatiibility-with-logstash/79895 "2017-03-24T13:58:57Z")
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### Author: ![kishorramanan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kishorramanan/32/12823_2.png) [@kishorramanan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kishorramanan)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-compatiibility-with-logstash/79895/1 "2017-03-24T13:58:57Z")

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I have logstash 2.4, what is the filebeat version compatible with this??

Is it enough if I have installed beats in logstash?

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### Author: ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-compatiibility-with-logstash/79895/2 "2017-03-24T14:00:35Z")

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Both 1.3 and 5.X will work, but I recommend going with 5.2. Please review this [doc](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/5.2/logstash-installation.html).

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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 21, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-compatiibility-with-logstash/79895/3 "2017-04-21T14:01:34Z")

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