# Filebeat output to Kafka cluster with LDAP Authentication **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** beats-module, filebeat\ **Created:** [September 23, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-to-kafka-cluster-with-ldap-authentication/249682 "2020-09-23T16:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agiorgi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@agiorgi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agiorgi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-to-kafka-cluster-with-ldap-authentication/249682/1 "2020-09-23T16:03:07Z")
Hi there! this might look like a silly question but i'd like to be sure... I'm looking into configuring Filebeat to output to a Kafka cluster which is using SASL LDAP (AD) as authentication mode... I can't understand if Filebeat supports Kafka's SASL LDAP Authentication mode or not. As far as i can understand from the documentation SASL/LDAP is NOT supported right? Many thanks ---
**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-to-kafka-cluster-with-ldap-authentication/249682/2 "2020-09-25T14:13:32Z")
Unfortunately, it is not supported. Do you mind opening an enhancement request on Github? [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new?template=feature-request.md](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new?template=feature-request.md) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-to-kafka-cluster-with-ldap-authentication/249682/3 "2020-10-23T16:13:37Z")
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