# Is it possible to connect Logstash 7.16 with Elasticsearch "8.1.0-SNAPSHOT" **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 13, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-logstash-7-16-with-elasticsearch-8-1-0-snapshot/294272 "2022-01-13T12:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Gautam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhishek_gautam/32/99831_2.png) [@Abhishek\_Gautam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Gautam)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-logstash-7-16-with-elasticsearch-8-1-0-snapshot/294272/1 "2022-01-13T12:40:34Z")
is it possible to connect Logstash 7.16 with Elasticsearch "8.1.0-SNAPSHOT" ---
**Author:** ![brown07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@brown07](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brown07)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-logstash-7-16-with-elasticsearch-8-1-0-snapshot/294272/2 "2022-01-13T13:55:30Z")
> [@Abhishek\_Gautam](#): > > is it possible to connect Logstash 7.16 with Elasticsearch "8.1.0-SNAPSHO Logstash receives these events by using the Beats input plugin for Logstash and then sends the transaction to Elasticsearch by using the Elasticsearch output plugin for Logstash. The Elasticsearch output plugin uses the bulk API, making indexing very efficient. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-logstash-7-16-with-elasticsearch-8-1-0-snapshot/294272/3 "2022-02-10T13:56:19Z")
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