# Filebeat & kafka integration not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [March 23, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207 "2016-03-23T10:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rkarra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rkarra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkarra)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207/1 "2016-03-23T10:40:42Z")
Hello, I have probleme to communicate filebeat with Kafka. My working configuration is : Filebeat -\> Kafka -\> Logstash -\> Elasticsearch her is my filebeat.yml > filebeat: > prospectors: > - > paths: > - /appli/okad/logs/\*.log > input\_type: log > output: > kafka: > host: "localhost:9092" > topic: "test" > use\_type: true > client\_id: "beats" > worker: 1 > max\_retries: 0 > shipper: > logging: > files: > rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 1MB My configuration : > Filebeat : 1.1.2 > Kafka : kafka\_2.11-0.8.2.1 > Java : 1.8 > centos : 7 & 64 bits I'm testing with a kafka consumer, but the communication does not work, I do not get anything in my Kafka Thanks for helping ---
**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207/2 "2016-03-23T12:32:32Z")
Filebeat 1.1.2 does not support Kafka output. This is only available in the nightly builds. ---
**Author:** ![rkarra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rkarra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkarra)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207/3 "2016-03-23T13:04:26Z")
Thanks a lot, how can I install the filebeat that uses Kafka in centos7 ?. ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207/4 "2016-03-23T13:21:18Z")
You can use a development build: `sudo rpm -ivh https://beats-nightlies.s3.amazonaws.com/filebeat/filebeat-5.0.0-nightlylatest-x86_64.rpm` ---
**Author:** ![rkarra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@rkarra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkarra)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207/5 "2016-03-23T15:31:45Z")
After installing filebeat with the command I start the process with > filebeat -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml -e -v -d "\*" but I have the following arreur > 2016/03/23 15:21:20.783216 kafka.go:183: ERR Invalid kafka configuration: kafka: invalid configuration (Producer.Timeout must be \> 0) > 2016/03/23 15:21:20.783244 outputs.go:83: ERR failed to initialize kafka plugin as output: kafka: invalid configuration (Producer.Timeout must be \> 0) > Start error: fails to load the config: error initializing publisher: kafka: invalid configuration (Producer.Timeout must be \> 0) > 2016/03/23 15:21:20.783287 beat.go:128: CRIT Start error: fails to load the config: error initializing publisher: kafka: invalid configuration (Producer.Timeout must be \> 0) Thanks for helping ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207/6 "2016-03-23T17:36:49Z")
Try setting the [`broker_timeout`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/kafka-output.html#_broker_timeout) option. It looks like the default is not being set to 10s as documented. Related: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/1168](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/1168) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-integration-not-working/45207/7 "2017-07-05T21:54:14Z")