# Filebeat x Logstash load balancing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-x-logstash-load-balancing/109927>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 1, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-x-logstash-load-balancing/109927 "2017-12-01T12:30:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![eperpetuo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eperpetuo/32/20779_2.png) [@eperpetuo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eperpetuo)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-x-logstash-load-balancing/109927/1 "2017-12-01T12:30:05Z")

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Is is possible to use a load balancer (such as BigIP) between the filebeat and logstash instances?  
This way, in case I add a new Logstash instance it wouldn't be necessary to update the filebeat configs.

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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:** [December 22, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-x-logstash-load-balancing/109927/2 "2017-12-22T12:30:06Z")

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