# Provide custom Kafka message decoder to Logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-custom-kafka-message-decoder-to-logstash/1780>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 2, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-custom-kafka-message-decoder-to-logstash/1780 "2015-06-02T20:59:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![anandnsingh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@anandnsingh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anandnsingh)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provide-custom-kafka-message-decoder-to-logstash/1780/7 "2016-01-23T20:03:25Z")

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If your logstash version is 2.1 and build environment is maven based see my post on [Where to drop jar containing custome plugin or encoder like custom Kafka message decoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-drop-jar-containing-custome-plugin-or-encoder-like-custom-kafka-message-decoder/39190/5)

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