# Make one filebeat send data to elasticsearch and to logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-one-filebeat-send-data-to-elasticsearch-and-to-logstash/206006>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 31, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-one-filebeat-send-data-to-elasticsearch-and-to-logstash/206006 "2019-10-31T09:26:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![tmans1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tmans1991](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tmans1991)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-one-filebeat-send-data-to-elasticsearch-and-to-logstash/206006/1 "2019-10-31T09:26:09Z")

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hello,

i am currently sending some logfiles to elasticsearch using filebeat,  
filebeat is on one machine, and elastich on an other (elk) machine  
thats all working fine,  
but i want to send -using the same filebeat- data to logstash aswell  
now i have read something about multiple piplines, but i have no idea  
how this all works.  
can someone help me out here?

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-one-filebeat-send-data-to-elasticsearch-and-to-logstash/206006/2 "2019-10-31T11:46:31Z")

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Unfortunately, it is not possible to send to multiple outputs using one Filebeat instance. You need to run a separate instance with the appropriate configuration to send events to other outputs.

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**Author:** ![tmans1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tmans1991](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tmans1991)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-one-filebeat-send-data-to-elasticsearch-and-to-logstash/206006/3 "2019-10-31T12:01:06Z")

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thank you for your response,

because i am quite new to this  
how can i run multiple instances of filebeat?

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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:** [November 28, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-one-filebeat-send-data-to-elasticsearch-and-to-logstash/206006/4 "2019-11-28T12:01:08Z")

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