# I want to use udp to output logs to logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-use-udp-to-output-logs-to-logstash/342052>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 31, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-use-udp-to-output-logs-to-logstash/342052 "2023-08-31T13:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![manymany](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@manymany](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manymany)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-use-udp-to-output-logs-to-logstash/342052/1 "2023-08-31T13:57:29Z")

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Filebeat Version: 8.4.3  
ERROR: unsupported network type udp.

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-use-udp-to-output-logs-to-logstash/342052/2 "2023-08-31T14:04:11Z")

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Hello and welcome,

You need to provide more context about what is your issue, it is not clear what you want to do and from where you got this error.

Also, Filebeat only support the [following](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuring-output.html) outputs.

- [Elasticsearch Service](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configure-cloud-id.html)
- [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html)
- [Logstash](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/logstash-output.html)
- [Kafka](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/kafka-output.html)
- [Redis](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/redis-output.html)
- [File](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/file-output.html)
- [Console](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/console-output.html)

To send logs to Logstash you need to use the Logstash output, it will use the beats protocol over TCP, not UDP and this cannot be changed.

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-use-udp-to-output-logs-to-logstash/342052/3 "2023-09-28T16:04:59Z")

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