# Kafka with ELK **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [March 23, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-with-elk/300477 "2022-03-23T15:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jojodd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jojodd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jojodd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-with-elk/300477/1 "2022-03-23T15:16:40Z")
When installing kafka with the ELK suite, is it mandatory to install zookeeper if you take the latest version? help ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-with-elk/300477/2 "2022-03-23T16:12:37Z")
As I understand it, Kafka maintained client compatibility when the self-managed quorum was introduced, so the existing plugin should continue to work. Note that even in Kafka 3.x this feature is not recommended for production, just for testing. ---
**Author:** ![jojodd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jojodd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jojodd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-with-elk/300477/4 "2022-03-24T10:17:08Z")
this is what I could find on the internet. thank you for your answer ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-with-elk/300477/5 "2022-04-21T10:18:02Z")
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