# How to connect Elasticsearch to Kafka?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-elasticsearch-to-kafka/149862
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-elasticsearch-to-kafka/149862 "2018-09-25T14:55:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Misterlu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Misterlu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Misterlu)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-elasticsearch-to-kafka/149862/1 "2018-09-25T14:55:40Z")

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Hi, i want to push data in Elasticsearch to kafka topic, with a connector

I see for kafka to elasticsearch but me i want elasticsearch to kafka

I test with a plugin jar but is not work.

Thanks you for your help^^

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### Author: ![jakelandis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jakelandis/32/36163_2.png) [@jakelandis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jakelandis)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-elasticsearch-to-kafka/149862/2 "2018-09-25T15:34:53Z")

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You may want to look at Logstash.

Specifically:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-elasticsearch.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-elasticsearch.html)  
and  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-kafka.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-kafka.html)

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### Author: ![Misterlu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Misterlu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Misterlu)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-elasticsearch-to-kafka/149862/3 "2018-09-26T08:14:49Z")

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Hi, you have a exemple for me ? I not understand how use logstash for connector output kafka

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### Author: ![Misterlu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Misterlu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Misterlu)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-elasticsearch-to-kafka/149862/4 "2018-09-27T07:41:45Z")

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Do you have another solution of logstash ? Because is push data only reponse of query

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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: [October 25, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-elasticsearch-to-kafka/149862/5 "2018-10-25T07:41:55Z")

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