# Logstash input beats plugin id parameter not work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beats-plugin-id-parameter-not-work/127715>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beats-plugin-id-parameter-not-work/127715 "2018-04-12T02:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rmond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rmond)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beats-plugin-id-parameter-not-work/127715/1 "2018-04-12T02:16:04Z")

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my config  
input {  
beats {  
id =\> "my\_plugin\_id"  
port =\> 5044  
}  
}

but i can't get the id info when i use kibana

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/5/55fc726e4778774c60f41517eb195db57bb10654.png)

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**Author:** ![yaauie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yaauie/32/23363_2.png) [@yaauie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaauie)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beats-plugin-id-parameter-not-work/127715/2 "2018-04-12T03:36:51Z")

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The value from the common [`id` parameter](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-beats.html#plugins-inputs-beats-id) is the same across all input plugins, but it is not designed to add metadata to the event, which explains why you're not seeing it on the events in Kibana.

Instead, the id allows Logstash to differentiate between multiple instances of a plugin, which is helpful when using monitoring tools and the monitoring API to debug and tune Logstash performance.

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**Author:** ![Rmond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rmond)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beats-plugin-id-parameter-not-work/127715/3 "2018-04-12T05:12:26Z")

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Thanks 🙂👍

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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:** [May 10, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beats-plugin-id-parameter-not-work/127715/4 "2018-05-10T05:12:36Z")

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