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title: Configure the output
description: You configure Auditbeat to write to a specific output by setting options in the Outputs section of the auditbeat.yml config file. Only a single output...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/configuring-output
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available in 9.0+
---

# Configure the output
You configure Auditbeat to write to a specific output by setting options in the Outputs section of the `auditbeat.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](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/securing-auditbeat) for more about security-related configuration options.
- [Elastic Cloud Hosted](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/configure-cloud-id)
- [Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/elasticsearch-output)
- [Logstash](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/logstash-output)
- [Kafka](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/kafka-output)
- [Redis](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/redis-output)
- [File](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/file-output)
- [Console](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/console-output)
- [Discard](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/48485/reference/auditbeat/discard-output)