# Loadbalance: false - filebeat doesn't take random host to connect to **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [March 3, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451 "2016-03-03T22:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Karol\_Stojek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Karol\_Stojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karol_Stojek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/1 "2016-03-03T22:13:03Z")
the `loadbalance: false` option doesn't take random endpoint to connect to. I have a list in hosts that consists of 30 endpoints. I run 18 instances of filebeat with this configuration. They all try to connect to exactly the same enpoint (it's a 3rd one from the hosts list). Should I create an issue for it? Or is it a known bug? ---
**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 4, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/2 "2016-03-04T00:03:25Z")
sounds weird, could be a bug. Can you share your complete config (without comments)? I'd like to test to confirm bug or not. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Karol\_Stojek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Karol\_Stojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karol_Stojek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/3 "2016-03-04T13:14:52Z")
Sure, here it is: ``` filebeat: prospectors: - paths: - /opt/idm/logs/essential-01.log - /opt/idm/logs/essential-01a.log - /opt/idm/logs/essential-01b.log - /opt/idm/logs/essential-01c.log - /opt/idm/logs/ident-01.log - /opt/idm/logs/extended-01.log - /opt/idm/logs/administrative-01.log input_type: log fields: environment: production fields_under_root: true document_type: dip publish_async: true multiline: pattern: ^[0-9]{4,8} negate: true match: after - paths: - /opt/idm/logs/essential-txn-audit-01.log - /opt/idm/logs/essential-txn-audit-01a.log - /opt/idm/logs/essential-txn-audit-01b.log - /opt/idm/logs/essential-txn-audit-01c.log - /opt/idm/logs/extended-txn-audit-01.log - /opt/idm/logs/ident-txn-audit-01.log - /opt/idm/logs/administrative-txn-audit-01.log input_type: log fields: environment: production fields_under_root: true document_type: dip-txn publish_async: true multiline: pattern: ^[0-9]{8,8} negate: true match: after - paths: - /opt/idm/essential*/current/logs/localhost_access_log.*.txt - /opt/idm/ident/current/logs/localhost_access_log.*.txt - /opt/idm/extended/current/logs/localhost_access_log.*.txt - /opt/idm/administrative/current/logs/localhost_access_log.*.txt input_type: log fields: environment: production fields_under_root: true document_type: dip-access-log publish_async: true - paths: - /opt/idm/logs/server-status/networkStatus.log input_type: log fields: environment: production fields_under_root: true document_type: network publish_async: true - paths: - /opt/idm/logs/server-status/systemUsage.log input_type: log fields: environment: production fields_under_root: true document_type: usage publish_async: true - paths: - /opt/idm/logs/server-status/aliveLog.log input_type: log fields: environment: production fields_under_root: true document_type: alive publish_async: true output: logstash: hosts: ["10.141.51.18:5002","10.141.51.18:5004","10.141.51.18:5006","10.141.51.18:5008","10.141.51.18:5010","10.141.51.19:5000","10.141.51.19:5001","10.141.51.19:5002","10.141.51.19:5003","10.141.51.19:5004","10.141.51.19:5005","10.141.51.19:5006","10.141.51.19:5007","10.141.51.19:5008","10.141.51.19:5009","10.141.51.19:5010"] loadbalance: false logging: to_syslog: false to_files: true files: path: /opt/idm/logs/monitoring name: filebeat-dip rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB ``` ---
**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 4, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/4 "2016-03-04T14:44:14Z")
Thanks, will check. The publish\_async option is no prospector option, but a filebeat option. Actually publish\_async is mostly useful if `loadbalance: true`. ---
**Author:** ![Karol\_Stojek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Karol\_Stojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karol_Stojek)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/5 "2016-03-08T00:09:28Z")
Hello Stefen, Were you able to check if it's a filebeat bug or just my issue? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/6 "2016-03-08T10:13:55Z")
@Karol_Stojek As Steffen is currently on vacation, I plan to have a look at this. Which filebeat version are you using? ---
**Author:** ![Karol\_Stojek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Karol\_Stojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karol_Stojek)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/7 "2016-03-08T10:18:58Z")
I use filebeat 1.1.1 ---
**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:** [March 14, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/8 "2016-03-14T09:57:54Z")
@Karol_Stojek I didn't have found time yet to try to reproduce this. Did you find in the meantime something on your side? ---
**Author:** ![Karol\_Stojek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Karol\_Stojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karol_Stojek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/9 "2016-03-14T10:09:41Z")
@ruflin no, switched to loadbalance: true (and publish\_async: true) for now. But I had this issue 2 times with filebeats. It was working fine with logstash-forwarder as I remember - random endpoint was selected. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/10 "2016-03-24T09:03:35Z")
I finally found the time to test this. It is indeed that it always tries to connect to the same host. I tried different host options and it is not necessarly always the third. Once it was also the first one but with the same config, it stays the same host. There seems to be some sorting involved. @steffens Can you have a look into this? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/11 "2016-03-24T09:03:55Z")
@Karol_Stojek Can you open a Github issue based on this? And sorry for the long waiting. ---
**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/loadbalance-false-filebeat-doesnt-take-random-host-to-connect-to/43451/12 "2017-07-05T21:54:14Z")