# Upgrading to 5.0 Logstash - large number of beats to upgrade

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [October 27, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171 "2016-10-27T17:31:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![djohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@djohnson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djohnson)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171/1 "2016-10-27T17:31:46Z")

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I'm planning the upgrade of my production system to 5.0. If I upgrade logstash before I upgrade my \*beats, will logstash continue to receive logs as I upgrade each beat?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171/2 "2016-10-28T00:50:19Z")

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Yes.  
But you need to make sure you apply the Beats 5.X templates before 🙂

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**Author:** ![djohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@djohnson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djohnson)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171/3 "2016-10-28T21:28:50Z")

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Thanks, so just so I'm clear upgrade beats and then logstash?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171/4 "2016-10-30T05:16:44Z")

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It doesn't really matter!

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**Author:** ![djohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@djohnson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djohnson)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171/5 "2016-10-31T17:30:17Z")

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So I'm not sure I understand, no matter what I upgrade first logs will still ship? Or is Beats 1.3 not compatible with Logstash 5.0?

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**Author:** ![djohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@djohnson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djohnson)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171/6 "2016-10-31T20:18:18Z")

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So decided to create a test environment and can confirm that Logstash 5.0 will still receive beats from Beats 1.3

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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:** [November 17, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-5-0-logstash-large-number-of-beats-to-upgrade/64171/7 "2016-11-17T17:31:46Z")

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