# What is the recommended output for Logstash to Logstash forwarding?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-recommended-output-for-logstash-to-logstash-forwarding/70211
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [December 29, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-recommended-output-for-logstash-to-logstash-forwarding/70211 "2016-12-29T13:23:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@fbaligand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fbaligand)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-recommended-output-for-logstash-to-logstash-forwarding/70211/1 "2016-12-29T13:23:44Z")
All is in the title 🙂
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-recommended-output-for-logstash-to-logstash-forwarding/70211/2 "2016-12-31T13:06:25Z")
I've never had issues with the lumberjack inputs/outputs.
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### Author:  [@fbaligand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fbaligand)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-recommended-output-for-logstash-to-logstash-forwarding/70211/3 "2016-12-31T13:29:50Z")
Thanks @magnusbaeck
I thought first to tcp input/output.
But, given your feedback, I should give a try to lumberjack.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-recommended-output-for-logstash-to-logstash-forwarding/70211/4 "2017-01-28T13:29:55Z")
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