# Logstash and filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-filebeat/201160>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 26, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-filebeat/201160 "2019-09-26T07:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![bcochofel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bcochofel/32/32845_2.png) [@bcochofel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bcochofel)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-filebeat/201160/1 "2019-09-26T07:05:02Z")

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Hi,

I have filebeat configured to send some modules to logstash and on logstash I have a pipeline that handles syslog (file from the documentation)

I want to add some more custom logs on filebeat and I'm wondering what's the best approach to parse this. Since my pipeline config for syslog os on One file should I separate input, filter and output and create filter config for each thing I want?

Bruno

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**Author:** ![bcochofel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bcochofel/32/32845_2.png) [@bcochofel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bcochofel)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-filebeat/201160/2 "2019-09-26T18:25:33Z")

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Hi,

I've read some options working on 6.x saying that this is solved using two filebeat instances, is this still the best option for 7.x?

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**Author:** ![NerdSec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nerdsec/32/22056_2.png) [@NerdSec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NerdSec)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-filebeat/201160/3 "2019-09-27T05:04:31Z")

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Hi Bruno,

You could use the same instance of filebeat to send data to logstash. You can add multiple tags to the various inputs and then use conditionals to write specific filters. ([Accessing event data and fields | Logstash Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/event-dependent-configuration.html))

You could also use multiple beats or syslogs and implement multiple pipelines as described here.

> [Multiple Pipelines | Logstash Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/multiple-pipelines.html)

> **[Introducing Multiple Pipelines in Logstash](https://www.elastic.co/blog/logstash-multiple-pipelines)**

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**Author:** ![bcochofel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bcochofel/32/32845_2.png) [@bcochofel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bcochofel)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-filebeat/201160/4 "2019-09-27T06:23:55Z")

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Hi,

Thank you, gonna give it a try

Bruno

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-filebeat/201160/5 "2019-10-25T06:23:57Z")

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