# Kafka output and ssl support

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [February 24, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642 "2016-02-24T20:59:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![owulff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@owulff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/owulff)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642/1 "2016-02-24T20:59:25Z")

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Hi there

I appreciate the simplification of the architecture described [here](https://www.elastic.co/blog/weekly-beats-1-1-0-released)

Is it planned to support SSL for the Kafka output?

Thanks  
Oli

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642/2 "2016-02-24T22:48:27Z")

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Yes. See [https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/libbeat/docs/outputconfig.asciidoc#tls-2](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/libbeat/docs/outputconfig.asciidoc#tls-2)

But it is not tested yet.

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**Author:** ![owulff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@owulff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/owulff)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642/3 "2016-03-24T09:24:50Z")

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We successfully tested topbeat with kafka and ssl.

Where can I download the 1.2.0 nightlies? I only see the 5.0.0 nightlies here:  
[https://beats-nightlies.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=topbeat](https://beats-nightlies.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=topbeat)

Thanks  
Oli

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**Author:** ![monica](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/monica/32/3696_2.png) [@monica](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642/4 "2016-03-24T11:34:12Z")

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Sorry, we didn't yet build packages for 1.2.0 yet. We are releasing it next week.

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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:** [March 24, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642/5 "2016-03-24T12:16:00Z")

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Release 1.2.0 will not have kafka support included.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-output-and-ssl-support/42642/6 "2017-07-05T21:54:13Z")

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