# X-Pack on Logstash Shipper

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172 "2017-03-10T16:47:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![kopacko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kopacko/32/10733_2.png) [@kopacko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kopacko)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172/1 "2017-03-10T16:47:55Z")

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I have several dedicated Logstash shippers who do not have Kibana or Elasticsearch installed.

Can I or should I install X-pack on them?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172/2 "2017-03-10T16:59:41Z")

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The X-Pack plugin for Logstash is required in order to be able to monitor your Logstash instances from the Monitoring UI, so if you are using monitoring I would recommend installing it.

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### Author: ![kopacko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kopacko/32/10733_2.png) [@kopacko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kopacko)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172/3 "2017-03-10T17:01:24Z")

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Ok,

So, X-pack on my ES cluster and then X-pack on my logstash shippers?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172/4 "2017-03-10T17:02:18Z")

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Yes, and on Kibana as well.

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### Author: ![kopacko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kopacko/32/10733_2.png) [@kopacko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kopacko)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172/5 "2017-03-10T17:08:31Z")

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Cool thanks.

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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: [April 7, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-on-logstash-shipper/78172/6 "2017-04-07T17:08:34Z")

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