# Logstash kafka as input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-as-input/153917>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-as-input/153917 "2018-10-25T06:14:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-as-input/153917/1 "2018-10-25T06:14:52Z")

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Would like to know whether the logstash decompresses the log events while reading the messages from Kafka.

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**Author:** ![Dhananjaya\_Gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhananjaya_gupta/32/100048_2.png) [@Dhananjaya\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhananjaya_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-as-input/153917/2 "2018-11-05T13:17:18Z")

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Please explain more what exactly you are facing.

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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:** [December 3, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-as-input/153917/3 "2018-12-03T13:17:22Z")

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