Using Kibana, Logstash and Filebeat with older version of ElasticSearch

[obodard (Olivier Bodard)]

I am already using ElasticSearch 5.0, without using the full stack.
I would like to install Kibana, Logstash and Filebeat, and reuse the same instance of ElasticSearch.

Is there a version dependency? Can I use Kibana / Logstash / Filebeat with an ElasticSearch 5.0 backend?

[chrisronline (Chris Roberson)]

Hi @obodard,

You'll want to install the same version of each product.

https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/kibana-5-0-0
https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/logstash-5-0-0
https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/filebeat-5-0-0

See https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_compatibility for more information

[obodard (Olivier Bodard)]

Thaks a lot for your quick answer. The matrix helps a lot, but according to it, it seems I should use Logstash and FileBeat 5.6.4, but match Kibana 5.0.0

Compatibility with Elasticsearch (5.x, 6.x)
Elasticsearch 5.0.x
Kibana 5.0.x
Beats* 1.3.x-5.6.x
Logstash* 2.4.x-5.6.x

• We recommend running the latest version of Beats, Logstash, and ES-Hadoop; earlier versions will work with reduced functionality.

[chrisronline (Chris Roberson)]

Cool, yea then I'd use whatever the matrix recommends. The most important part is the same major version and usually we recommend the same minor/patch too, but not always.

Good luck!