# What setting is used for filebeat for compression?, like logstash uses:http\_compression =\> true

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-setting-is-used-for-filebeat-for-compression-like-logstash-uses-http-compression-true/338854>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 20, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-setting-is-used-for-filebeat-for-compression-like-logstash-uses-http-compression-true/338854 "2023-07-20T07:45:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![PRASHANT\_MEHTA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_mehta/32/101764_2.png) [@PRASHANT\_MEHTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PRASHANT_MEHTA)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-setting-is-used-for-filebeat-for-compression-like-logstash-uses-http-compression-true/338854/1 "2023-07-20T07:45:21Z")

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Hello All,  
I'd like to know what settings must be used in filebeat for compression?. In logs i get bulk size issue sometimes.Assuming compression srtting might resolve this like in logstash has  
http\_compression =\> true, what setting is equivalent in filebeat?

output.elasticsearch:  
hosts: [""]  
ssl\_enabled: true  
ssl.certificate\_authorities: [""]  
protocol: "https"  
username: ""  
password: ""

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**Author:** ![Wolfram\_Haussig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wolfram_haussig/32/70528_2.png) [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-setting-is-used-for-filebeat-for-compression-like-logstash-uses-http-compression-true/338854/2 "2023-07-20T08:29:37Z")

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Hi,

Filebeat has a `compression_level` setting in the output block: [Configure the Elasticsearch output | Filebeat Reference [8.8] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html#_compression_level)

Best regards  
Wolfram

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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:** [August 17, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-setting-is-used-for-filebeat-for-compression-like-logstash-uses-http-compression-true/338854/3 "2023-08-17T10:30:11Z")

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