# Is it mandatory to install X-Pack on logstash in order to output to X-Pack'd Elasticsearch?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-mandatory-to-install-x-pack-on-logstash-in-order-to-output-to-x-packd-elasticsearch/119875
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-mandatory-to-install-x-pack-on-logstash-in-order-to-output-to-x-packd-elasticsearch/119875 "2018-02-14T19:55:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Rodolfo\_Albuquerque](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rodolfo_Albuquerque)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-mandatory-to-install-x-pack-on-logstash-in-order-to-output-to-x-packd-elasticsearch/119875/1 "2018-02-14T19:55:52Z")
Hey Guys,
So recently I installed X-Pack on Elasticsearch and Kibana and I'm now getting an error when trying to output to Elasticsearch from Logstash.
I was wondering if X-Pack has anything to do with it, and if it does, what is required to make it work.
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-mandatory-to-install-x-pack-on-logstash-in-order-to-output-to-x-packd-elasticsearch/119875/2 "2018-02-15T02:23:44Z")
Have you seen this documentation?
- [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.2/ls-security.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.2/ls-security.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-mandatory-to-install-x-pack-on-logstash-in-order-to-output-to-x-packd-elasticsearch/119875/3 "2018-03-15T02:24:10Z")
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