# Filebeat-kafka-logstash

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-logstash/298001
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-logstash/298001 "2022-02-23T10:01:22Z")
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### Author: ![alex\_vermex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_vermex/32/101267_2.png) [@alex\_vermex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alex_vermex)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-logstash/298001/1 "2022-02-23T10:01:22Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to know when to use kafka between filebeat and logstash and why?  
I have multipath in filebeat and each path has its own working and one logstash.conf file.  
Is this a good idea or is there another more better solution and in my example do i need kafka? and why?

Any help would be sincerely appreciate!  
Thanks!

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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 23, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-kafka-logstash/298001/2 "2022-03-23T12:01:36Z")

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