# Is it needed to use logstash in cluster?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-needed-to-use-logstash-in-cluster/157221>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 18, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-needed-to-use-logstash-in-cluster/157221 "2018-11-18T12:11:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sahere37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@sahere37](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sahere37)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-needed-to-use-logstash-in-cluster/157221/1 "2018-11-18T12:11:12Z")

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Hello,  
I have a two-node cluster of elasticsearch. I am using filebeat to ship log files into these nodes of elasticsearch and everything works fine. Also, the health of cluster is green. Now, i have a question, is it needed to use logstash in order to ship logs from filebeat to elasticsearch? I want to run ELK in the production environment. what happens if I don't use logstash and just ship the logs into elasticsearch by filebeat?

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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 16, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-needed-to-use-logstash-in-cluster/157221/2 "2018-12-16T12:11:27Z")

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