# Heartbeat input plugin
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-input-plugin/288621
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 8, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-input-plugin/288621 "2021-11-08T12:15:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@BeMoore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BeMoore)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-input-plugin/288621/1 "2021-11-08T12:15:33Z")
Hiya all,
if i want to change the input plugins listen port for heartbeat how can i do this?
the guide doesn't list it as an option
> **[Heartbeat input plugin | Logstash Reference \[7.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-heartbeat.html)**
```auto
input {
heartbeat {
port => 2600
}
}
```
generates this error [ERROR][logstash.inputs.heartbeat] Unknown setting 'port' for heartbeat
does the heartbeat plugin have a default port? how does it listen for events from heartbeat clients?
my heartbeat yml file is set to send to logstash ip:port... so the output should be fine...
do i have to specify beats instead of heartbeat??
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-input-plugin/288621/2 "2021-11-08T17:19:25Z")
> [@BeMoore](#):
>
> how does it listen for events from heartbeat clients?
It doesn't listen for anything, it just creates events out of nothing at a regular interval.
If you are trying to use the heartbeat beat for monitoring then you would use a beats input, not a heartbeat input. That does have a [port](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-beats.html#plugins-inputs-beats-port) option.
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### Author:  [@BeMoore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BeMoore)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-input-plugin/288621/3 "2021-11-09T09:50:40Z")
right... so the logstash input plugin heartbeat doesn't listen.. just generates
so using the logstash beats input plugin on specified port will accept the heartbeat packets being sent to it by a heartbeat client.
cool
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-input-plugin/288621/4 "2021-12-07T09:50:51Z")
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