# SASL GSSAPI mechanism added in Beats 7.8?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sasl-gssapi-mechanism-added-in-beats-7-8/241692>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sasl-gssapi-mechanism-added-in-beats-7-8/241692 "2020-07-17T16:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![savvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@savvy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/savvy)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sasl-gssapi-mechanism-added-in-beats-7-8/241692/1 "2020-07-17T16:02:26Z")

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Hi,

Is SASL GSSAPI mechanism to produce data to kafka added in latest Beats 7.8? If no, what is the ETA for this?

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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 14, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sasl-gssapi-mechanism-added-in-beats-7-8/241692/2 "2020-08-14T18:07:06Z")

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