# How to run logstash perfectly when using authentication in elastic search x-pack **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 20, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-logstash-perfectly-when-using-authentication-in-elastic-search-x-pack/69521 "2016-12-20T04:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shilong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@shilong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shilong)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-logstash-perfectly-when-using-authentication-in-elastic-search-x-pack/69521/1 "2016-12-20T04:39:56Z")
How to run logstash perfectly when using authentication in elastic search x-pack ? So far we are not able to write/input the data via logstash to the elasticsearch index when running x-pack since we connect the eleasticsearch with the security credential. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-logstash-perfectly-when-using-authentication-in-elastic-search-x-pack/69521/2 "2016-12-20T13:36:00Z")
Have you been through that page? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/logstash.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/logstash.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-logstash-perfectly-when-using-authentication-in-elastic-search-x-pack/69521/3 "2017-01-17T13:36:01Z")
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