# Multiple beats input ports

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-input-ports/48589>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [April 27, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-input-ports/48589 "2016-04-27T19:14:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tbernhardson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tbernhardson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbernhardson)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-input-ports/48589/1 "2016-04-27T19:14:35Z")

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due to needing to support some old systems that do not support TLS 1.1 or 1.2, I would like to have 2 separate Ports defined for beats (1 for SSL/TLS, 1 with no encryption). I have tried a couple of things (2 inputs defined as beats, another input with a different name [beatsu]) but neither one works. Is there a way to do this? or is the best solution just to not use TLS inputs for beats until we can replace the old systems?

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-input-ports/48589/2 "2016-04-27T19:30:23Z")

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input ports for logstash?

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**Author:** ![tbernhardson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tbernhardson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbernhardson)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-input-ports/48589/3 "2016-04-27T20:22:06Z")

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oops, yes multiple beats input ports in logstash.

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**Author:** ![tbernhardson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tbernhardson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbernhardson)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-input-ports/48589/4 "2016-04-27T21:31:00Z")

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My bad, I'll move to logstash forum

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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 5, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-input-ports/48589/5 "2017-07-05T21:52:43Z")

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