# Get my systems with Filebeat  on them to communicate with my logstash system using Certs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-my-systems-with-filebeat-on-them-to-communicate-with-my-logstash-system-using-certs/309341>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 11, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-my-systems-with-filebeat-on-them-to-communicate-with-my-logstash-system-using-certs/309341 "2022-07-11T15:55:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![timfox123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@timfox123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timfox123)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-my-systems-with-filebeat-on-them-to-communicate-with-my-logstash-system-using-certs/309341/1 "2022-07-11T15:55:11Z")

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_ **Objective:** _  
To get my systems with Filebeat on them to communicate with my logstash system using Certs.

_License:_ Free

Environment Elasticsearch nodes: We have 3 ES 7.17 Linux nodes that are working together just fine.

Environment Kibana: Kabana is setup and working on our “Kabana / Logstash” server.

Environment Filebeat: We have both windows and Redhat Linux servers that we need to send the logs from. We need to send the files to the “Kabana / Logstash” server with a Cert .

What is working: One of the 3 ES nodes is configured not to be a data node. The logs are being sent from the logbeats host to the one ES node that is not configured as a datanode. The logs that are being sent to the ES nodes and show up in the Kibana server.

Details on my question:

1. How do I get the certs to apply to the filebeat host filebeat.yml ?
2. How do I get the cert to apply to the top of the logstash.yml file ?
3. Would like to verify I use certs / logstash with the basic license ?
4. Any other Suggestion / details I should be aware of ?

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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:** [August 8, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-my-systems-with-filebeat-on-them-to-communicate-with-my-logstash-system-using-certs/309341/2 "2022-08-08T15:55:12Z")

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