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Configure the output

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You configure Packetbeat to write to a specific output by setting options in the Outputs section of the packetbeat.yml config file. Only a single output may be defined.

The following topics describe how to configure each supported output. If you’ve secured the Elastic Stack, also read Secure for more about security-related configuration options.