# Shipping logs from logstash 1.5 to indexer running 2.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-from-logstash-1-5-to-indexer-running-2-0/33907>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 5, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-from-logstash-1-5-to-indexer-running-2-0/33907 "2015-11-05T18:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mgirndt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mgirndt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgirndt)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-from-logstash-1-5-to-indexer-running-2-0/33907/1 "2015-11-05T18:18:42Z")

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Can logstash ship logs from a server running logstash 1.5 through redis to my indexer which is running logstash 2.0?

Thanks,  
Michael

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-from-logstash-1-5-to-indexer-running-2-0/33907/2 "2015-11-05T18:22:09Z")

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Yes. You'll typically exchange messages as JSON.

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**Author:** ![mgirndt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mgirndt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgirndt)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-from-logstash-1-5-to-indexer-running-2-0/33907/3 "2015-11-05T18:28:37Z")

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-from-logstash-1-5-to-indexer-running-2-0/33907/4 "2017-07-06T05:23:46Z")

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