# How to read topic from beginning in Kafka input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-topic-from-beginning-in-kafka-input/86390>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 19, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-topic-from-beginning-in-kafka-input/86390 "2017-05-19T09:16:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkaathi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bkaathi/32/18353_2.png) [@bkaathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bkaathi)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-topic-from-beginning-in-kafka-input/86390/1 "2017-05-19T09:16:26Z")

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How can set Logstash Kafka input plugin to read topic data from the beginning?

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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 16, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-topic-from-beginning-in-kafka-input/86390/2 "2017-06-16T09:16:36Z")

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