# Filebeat monitoring via proxy
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-monitoring-via-proxy/129415
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [April 25, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-monitoring-via-proxy/129415 "2018-04-25T06:53:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@pjanzen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pjanzen)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-monitoring-via-proxy/129415/1 "2018-04-25T06:53:22Z")
Hi All,
I am using filebeat and I want to add xpack monitoring configuration. I do not have direct access to ES so I need to use a proxy. Does some have an example config with use of a proxy server? Also would it be possible to route the monitor traffic trought logstash?
Thanks,
Paul.
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### Author:  [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-monitoring-via-proxy/129415/2 "2018-04-26T00:46:50Z")
The monitoring output requires an HTTP or HTTPS connection to Elasticsearch. So you could use an [HTTP proxy](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/6.2/configuration-monitor.html#_literal_proxy_url_literal_4) or a reverse HTTP proxy (like nginx or apache httpd).
You cannot route the monitoring data through LS or any other output at this time.
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### Author:  [@pjanzen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pjanzen)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-monitoring-via-proxy/129415/3 "2018-04-27T12:53:54Z")
Thanks, for this. In the link there is no example config on how to use a proxy in the output.elasticsearch. Can you maybe point to a example?
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### Author:  [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-monitoring-via-proxy/129415/4 "2018-04-27T13:44:56Z")
Like this:
```auto
output.elasticsearch:
hosts: ['example:9200']
proxy_url: 'http://your.proxy.server:port'
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-monitoring-via-proxy/129415/5 "2018-05-25T13:45:07Z")
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