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[[load-balancing]]
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== Load balance the output hosts
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Filebeat provides configuration options that you can use to fine
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tune load balancing when sending events to multiple hosts.
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To enable load balancing, you specify `loadbalance: true` when you configure
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the output. For example:
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[source,yaml]
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output.logstash:
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hosts: ["localhost:5044", "localhost:5045"]
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loadbalance: true
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The `loadbalance` option is available for Redis, Logstash, and Elasticsearch
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outputs. The Kafka output handles load balancing internally.
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The load balancer also supports multiple workers per host. The default is
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`worker: 1`. If you increase the number of workers, additional network
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connections will be used. The total number of workers participating
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in load balancing is `number of hosts * workers`.
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Example:
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[source,yaml]
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filebeat.inputs:
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- type: log
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paths:
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- /var/log/*.log
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output.logstash:
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hosts: ["localhost:5044", "localhost:5045"]
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loadbalance: true
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worker: 2
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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In this example, there are 4 workers participating in load balancing.
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