# How to configure Filebeat to send logs over UDP (to Graylog)?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-filebeat-to-send-logs-over-udp-to-graylog/130822>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 7, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-filebeat-to-send-logs-over-udp-to-graylog/130822 "2018-05-07T11:14:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![spam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@spam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spam)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-filebeat-to-send-logs-over-udp-to-graylog/130822/1 "2018-05-07T11:14:59Z")

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How to configure Filebeat to send logs over UDP (to Graylog)?

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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-filebeat-to-send-logs-over-udp-to-graylog/130822/2 "2018-05-08T20:08:12Z")

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Filebeat doesn't support sending data over UDP, the currently supported output are:

- Elasticsearch
- Logstash (custom protocol with the beat input.)
- Redis
- Kafka

I believe Graylog has an implementation of the beats input.

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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:** [June 5, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-filebeat-to-send-logs-over-udp-to-graylog/130822/3 "2018-06-05T20:08:17Z")

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