# Help to choose the right communicatio protocol

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-to-choose-the-right-communicatio-protocol/41146>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 7, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-to-choose-the-right-communicatio-protocol/41146 "2016-02-07T20:02:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sampasei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sampasei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sampasei)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-to-choose-the-right-communicatio-protocol/41146/1 "2016-02-07T20:02:27Z")

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Hi all,  
i have two Logstash istances on two different servers: they need to communicate each other using a protocol with these features:

- Lightweighted

- Encrypted

- Able to compress data

I've thought the beats plugin, but Logstash doesn't have a Logstash-output-beats or something similar: so i think to use the lumberjack plugin.  
What do you think? A better solution is present?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-to-choose-the-right-communicatio-protocol/41146/2 "2016-02-08T07:30:27Z")

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This is a reasonably common use of the lumberjack protocol, which fits the requirements well.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-to-choose-the-right-communicatio-protocol/41146/3 "2017-07-06T05:12:43Z")

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