# Multithreading in Kafka input plugin for Filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multithreading-in-kafka-input-plugin-for-filebeat/333309>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 12, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multithreading-in-kafka-input-plugin-for-filebeat/333309 "2023-05-12T13:33:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hichem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@Hichem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hichem)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multithreading-in-kafka-input-plugin-for-filebeat/333309/1 "2023-05-12T13:33:11Z")

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I'm using the Filebeat Kafka input plugin to consume data from Kafka and send it to Elastic.  
I noticed Filebeat starts 1 consumer thread only. Is there a way to increase the number of consumers?  
I tried changing the max\_proc parameter but no impact.

Thanks

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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:** [June 9, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multithreading-in-kafka-input-plugin-for-filebeat/333309/2 "2023-06-09T15:33:43Z")

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