# Logstash kafka input plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-input-plugin/91066>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 28, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-input-plugin/91066 "2017-06-28T08:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![elk\_user1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@elk\_user1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk_user1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-input-plugin/91066/1 "2017-06-28T08:51:18Z")

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Hi All,

I am new to logstash and was trying to use it to ingest data from an existing kafka topic.

I am using the following conf :  
input {  
kafka {  
topics =\> "test"  
bootstrap\_servers =\> "X.X.X.X:9092"  
codec =\> "json"  
auto\_offset\_reset =\> "earliest"  
}  
}  
output {  
stdout{}

However none of the kafka messages are being shown in console. With debug option, I get this message - "Pushing flush onto pipeline".

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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 26, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kafka-input-plugin/91066/2 "2017-07-26T08:51:24Z")

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