# How to add a second logstash instance for clustering

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-a-second-logstash-instance-for-clustering/355334>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-a-second-logstash-instance-for-clustering/355334 "2024-03-13T17:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick.kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Patrick.kirk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Patrick.kirk)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-a-second-logstash-instance-for-clustering/355334/1 "2024-03-13T17:37:37Z")

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I'm trying to add a second logstash instance and cluster logstash to help with in coming windows logs. Within the outputs section of kibana, I need to add a second cert and key. How do I do this? Thanks in advance

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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:** [April 10, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-a-second-logstash-instance-for-clustering/355334/2 "2024-04-10T17:37:58Z")

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Closed on April 10, 2024, 5:37pm UTC

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