# Insert a Loadbalancer between Filebeat and Logstash, and encrypt traffic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/insert-a-loadbalancer-between-filebeat-and-logstash-and-encrypt-traffic/309721>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 15, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/insert-a-loadbalancer-between-filebeat-and-logstash-and-encrypt-traffic/309721 "2022-07-15T08:31:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![yago82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yago82/32/97755_2.png) [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/insert-a-loadbalancer-between-filebeat-and-logstash-and-encrypt-traffic/309721/1 "2022-07-15T08:31:01Z")

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Hi,

starting from the assumption that filebeat has its loadbalancer;

Is it possbile to insert a loadbalancer between logstash and filebeat?  
And if it's possibile, how can encrypt traffic/data from filebeat to Loadbalancer?

Thank you.

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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:** [August 12, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/insert-a-loadbalancer-between-filebeat-and-logstash-and-encrypt-traffic/309721/2 "2022-08-12T10:31:23Z")

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