# Libbeat kafka output

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-kafka-output/35488
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [November 24, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-kafka-output/35488 "2015-11-24T21:18:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![mattweber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattweber/32/44940_2.png) [@mattweber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattweber)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-kafka-output/35488/1 "2015-11-24T21:18:25Z")

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Any plans for a kafka output? Looking to send beat events directly to Kafka which can then be consumed by (multiple) Logstash instances using the Kafka input.

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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: [November 25, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-kafka-output/35488/2 "2015-11-25T08:07:26Z")

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@mattweber It is best to have a look at the discussion here: [https://github.com/elastic/libbeat/pull/21](https://github.com/elastic/libbeat/pull/21)

Libbeat already allows to send data directly to multiple logstash instances and do some basic load balancing.

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### Author: ![mattweber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattweber/32/44940_2.png) [@mattweber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattweber)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-kafka-output/35488/3 "2015-11-25T15:46:53Z")

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Thanks that will work! It could get tedious as I add more and more beats since I would need to update each config as I add more logstash instances. At any rate, I'm not at that point yet and using the current load balance functionality will be just fine.

Thanks!

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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: [November 26, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-kafka-output/35488/4 "2015-11-26T09:36:32Z")

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This could help here (still in the concept phase): [https://github.com/elastic/libbeat/issues/200](https://github.com/elastic/libbeat/issues/200)

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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, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-kafka-output/35488/5 "2017-07-05T21:57:58Z")

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