# SSL communication between Filebeat 5.6.2 and Kafka 0.10

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-communication-between-filebeat-5-6-2-and-kafka-0-10/133612>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-communication-between-filebeat-5-6-2-and-kafka-0-10/133612 "2018-05-29T05:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![SubashKunjupillai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SubashKunjupillai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SubashKunjupillai)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-communication-between-filebeat-5-6-2-and-kafka-0-10/133612/1 "2018-05-29T05:32:34Z")

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Hi,

We are sending filebeat output to Kafka running in 3 nodes. We have enabled 2-way SSL communication in Kafka. Now we want to make filebeat (client for kafka) to be authenticated by Kafka.

My doubt is how to update filebeat.yml with ssl certificate for each host? Because we have provided a list of hosts in filebeat.yml.

> ```
> output.kafka:
> enabled: true
> version: 0.10.0.0
> hosts: ["host1:9093", "host2:9093", "host3:9093"]
> topic: 'TOPIC1'
> 
> ```

Can someone please help with this?

Regards,  
Subash Kunjupillai

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-communication-between-filebeat-5-6-2-and-kafka-0-10/133612/2 "2018-06-01T10:51:48Z")

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You can provide the certificates using the `ssl` option of Kafka output. See here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/kafka-output.html#\_literal\_ssl\_literal\_3](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/kafka-output.html#_literal_ssl_literal_3)

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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:** [June 29, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ssl-communication-between-filebeat-5-6-2-and-kafka-0-10/133612/3 "2018-06-29T10:51:48Z")

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