# Logstash-plugins: 'logstash-input-beats'

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-plugins-logstash-input-beats/101170
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-plugins-logstash-input-beats/101170 "2017-09-20T13:01:07Z")
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### Author: ![Invictus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc79bd/32.png) [@Invictus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Invictus)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-plugins-logstash-input-beats/101170/1 "2017-09-20T13:01:07Z")

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Hello Elastic-Forum,  
i have a question concerning plugins on logstash. Is the plugin 'logstash-input-beats' already preinstalled after setting up logstash?  
Because it is mentioned in the list:

`D:\ELK-Stack\logstash\bin\logstash-plugin list`

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-plugins-logstash-input-beats/101170/2 "2017-09-23T18:12:24Z")

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If it's listed by `logstash-plugin list` on a clean Logstash installation then yes it's preinstalled.

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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 21, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-plugins-logstash-input-beats/101170/3 "2017-10-21T18:12:29Z")

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