# Make Logstash listen on localhost AND external IPs?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-logstash-listen-on-localhost-and-external-ips/259276
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [December 21, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-logstash-listen-on-localhost-and-external-ips/259276 "2020-12-21T15:29:32Z")
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### Author: ![riahc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@riahc3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riahc3)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-logstash-listen-on-localhost-and-external-ips/259276/1 "2020-12-21T15:29:32Z")

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Hello

I want to able to make my Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats) all listen on the localhost AND on the external IP (or at least bind it to a IP)

All I see is creating a reverse proxy with Nginx and its something I rather avoid.

How can I do this?

Thanks

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-logstash-listen-on-localhost-and-external-ips/259276/2 "2020-12-21T21:48:04Z")

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That depends on your Logstash config really.

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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: [January 18, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-logstash-listen-on-localhost-and-external-ips/259276/3 "2021-01-18T21:48:05Z")

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