# Shipping Logstash to Logstash with encryption **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [October 9, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logstash-to-logstash-with-encryption/103215 "2017-10-09T10:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark\_van\_Rossum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Mark\_van\_Rossum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_van_Rossum)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logstash-to-logstash-with-encryption/103215/1 "2017-10-09T10:26:51Z")
Currently we have an ELK cluster, where Logstash has a "beats" input with SSL certificates to authenticate incoming data (mainly from metricbeat). I have a 2nd remote logstash instance that inputs data over UDP from within a Docker cluster, and I'd like to ship these logs to the main ELK cluster, using certificates for authentication and encryption. However Logstash doesn't seem to have a "beats" output. What is the best way to ship data from one Logstash to another using certificates to authenticate the incoming data? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logstash-to-logstash-with-encryption/103215/2 "2017-10-09T19:01:56Z")
Have you looked at the lumberjack input/output plugins? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logstash-to-logstash-with-encryption/103215/3 "2017-11-06T19:02:16Z")
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