# How can we configure ELK Stack and Filebeat for production environment?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-we-configure-elk-stack-and-filebeat-for-production-environment/269968>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 13, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-we-configure-elk-stack-and-filebeat-for-production-environment/269968 "2021-04-13T06:18:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![deeshu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@deeshu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deeshu)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-we-configure-elk-stack-and-filebeat-for-production-environment/269968/3 "2021-04-13T07:30:28Z")

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You should see the below one. In-short, all you have to do is

- change the 'localhost' to your production system 'ip address' in elasticsearch.yml file.
- any additional tagging to identify the cluster.

> [@Production Mode vs Development Mode in Elastic & Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/production-mode-vs-development-mode-in-elastic-kibana/91074):
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> Hi All, What is the difference between the elastic search & Kibana in dev mode and Prod mode or how we can identify the server is running in Prod mode or Dev Mode. According to the docs [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.x/bootstrap-checks.html.,](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.x/bootstrap-checks.html.,) am not getting pretty clear.

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