# How to configureLogstash HTTP output plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configurelogstash-http-output-plugin/24707>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 1, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configurelogstash-http-output-plugin/24707 "2015-07-01T10:11:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![venkaty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/919ad9/32.png) [@venkaty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venkaty)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configurelogstash-http-output-plugin/24707/1 "2015-07-01T10:11:30Z")

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What is the significance of verify\_ssl option of HTTP output plug-in ?

How to configure Logstash HTTP output plugin with the following options

- Enable SSL (Https)
- Enable client certificate path so that server side able validate the client certificate.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configurelogstash-http-output-plugin/24707/2 "2015-07-02T04:38:42Z")

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Basically it makes sure that the hostname returned by the end point matches the name provided in the cert.

If you want to use SSL then just specify a HTTPS URL, it'll do validation by default.

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**Author:** ![Yarden\_Bar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yarden_bar/32/736_2.png) [@Yarden\_Bar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yarden_Bar)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configurelogstash-http-output-plugin/24707/3 "2015-10-03T19:47:11Z")

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If the certificate chain contains a self-signed certificate, can it cause the Handshake to fail?

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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, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configurelogstash-http-output-plugin/24707/4 "2017-07-06T05:27:25Z")

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