# What is the behaviour if loadbalance=false is not configured

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-behaviour-if-loadbalance-false-is-not-configured/128175>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [April 16, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-behaviour-if-loadbalance-false-is-not-configured/128175 "2018-04-16T11:19:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![swethamahesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@swethamahesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swethamahesh)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-behaviour-if-loadbalance-false-is-not-configured/128175/1 "2018-04-16T11:19:38Z")

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Hi,

we have not configured load balance as false in filebeat.yml as the default value for this is false.

But we have configured two hosts in filebeat.yml.

observation:  
the logs are distributed on both the nodes and we observe that same log file is stored on both the nodes.

can you please explain the behavior in case of not explicitly mentioning loadbalance as false in filebeat.yml.

kindly please respond asap.

Thanks in advance

Thanks,  
Swetha. M

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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:** [May 14, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-behaviour-if-loadbalance-false-is-not-configured/128175/2 "2018-05-14T13:20:15Z")

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