# Role of kafka between filebeat and logstash
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/role-of-kafka-between-filebeat-and-logstash/296566
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/role-of-kafka-between-filebeat-and-logstash/296566 "2022-02-08T09:20:12Z")
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### Author:  [@alex\_vermex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alex_vermex)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/role-of-kafka-between-filebeat-and-logstash/296566/1 "2022-02-08T09:20:12Z")
Hi,
I have a lot of log files in each hour it will be created a new file log so i get it and i filter it with this architecture :
filebeat -\> logstash -\> Elasticsearch -\> kibana
I would to know there is any avantage to use kafka between filebeat and logstash and why? or should i forgot the kafka in my exemple ? ...
Any help would be sincerely appreciate!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/role-of-kafka-between-filebeat-and-logstash/296566/2 "2022-03-08T09:20:16Z")
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