cluster filebeat

[JasonHuangHuster]

why there's no cluster function with filebeat ? commonly , filebeats are installed on many machines and need manged properly .
what's more , can i custom the output to to storage like HDFS ? right now , there's only logstash and es . and i didn't see tutorials about the cluster and custom output ..

[andrewkroh]

We're working on adding a central management feature for managing Beats from a central location. See #7028.

If you wanted to develop a custom output you can do it as a Go plugin which works for Linux. Otherwise you need to compile a custom binary that includes your custom output. This is the interface you need to implement: https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/libbeat/outputs/outputs.go