# Prioritize a logstash node over the others

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-a-logstash-node-over-the-others/192625>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-a-logstash-node-over-the-others/192625 "2019-07-29T07:34:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nonow53](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nonow53/32/81767_2.png) [@Nonow53](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nonow53)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-a-logstash-node-over-the-others/192625/1 "2019-07-29T07:34:31Z")

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Hello,

When I define a multiple hosts list in logstash output configuration, is it possible to prioritize one host over the others ?  
Can I affect a weight in order to redistribute essentially to one specific node and send requests on other nodes only when this node is down ?

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:** [August 26, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-a-logstash-node-over-the-others/192625/2 "2019-08-26T07:34:34Z")

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