# Is Filebeat an java application , whether it uses java security providers for secure connection

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921 "2018-11-15T17:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Madhan1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Madhan1911](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Madhan1911)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921/1 "2018-11-15T17:53:19Z")

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Hi ,

is filebeat an java application or C++ binary ?? because from the rpm extract i couldnt conclude much.

If it is an java based application does it use java.security providers for establishing secure connections ??

or if it is an c++ based application i hope for ssl connection it uses the openssl . How is it linked with ??  
where can i find to which version of openssl it is currently linked with ??

I am working in an linux based environment .

Thanks,  
Madhan

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921/2 "2018-11-15T17:56:30Z")

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None of the above - [Filebeat](https://github.com/elastic/beats) is developed in Go.

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**Author:** ![Madhan1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Madhan1911](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Madhan1911)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921/3 "2018-11-15T18:27:12Z")

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Thanks a lot christian., Out of curiosity , how secure connections are implemented inside beats?? Does it uses openssl library ?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921/4 "2018-11-15T18:28:18Z")

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That I do not know, so will leave that to someone with more in-depth knowledge.

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921/5 "2018-11-16T13:26:29Z")

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It does not use openssl. The stdlib has it's own [TLS implementation](https://godoc.org/crypto/tls).

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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:** [December 14, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-filebeat-an-java-application-whether-it-uses-java-security-providers-for-secure-connection/156921/6 "2018-12-14T13:26:33Z")

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