# Two filebeat instances

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filebeat-instances/123132
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [March 8, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filebeat-instances/123132 "2018-03-08T19:30:17Z")
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#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-filebeat-instances/123132/7 "2018-03-15T18:44:50Z")

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Like yodog, I need to route Project A prospectors (4) to Logstash Port 1 and Project B prospectors (2) to Logstash Port 2. It is odd to me that this common use case is not supported without running another Filebeats instance.

That said, where can I find a how-to guide to run two different Filebeats instances beyond:

> Yes, you can run two filebeat instances in parallel. Make sure they use a different data directory so they have 2 different registrar files.

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