diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a45075c1..ddd8a2c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ container: clean-container .container-$(ARCH)
 	$(DOCKER) build --no-cache --pull -t $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG)-filebeat:$(TAG) -f Dockerfile.filebeat $(TEMP_DIR)/
 ifeq ($(ARCH), amd64)
 	$(DOCKER) tag $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG)-filebeat:$(TAG) $(IMAGE)-filebeat:$(TAG)
+	$(DOCKER) tag $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG)-filebeat:$(TAG) $(IMGNAME):$(TAG)
 endif
 
 	@echo "+ Building container image $(MULTI_ARCH_IMG)-fluentd:$(TAG)"
diff --git a/examples/with-configmap/filebeat-pilot-kafka-kubernetes.yml b/examples/with-configmap/filebeat-pilot-kafka-kubernetes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b34ae04b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/with-configmap/filebeat-pilot-kafka-kubernetes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: log-pilot-configuration
+data:
+  logging_output: "kafka"
+  kafka_brokers: "kafka1:9092,kafka2:9092"
+  # configure all valid topics in kafka
+  # when disable auto-create topic
+  kafka_topics: "topic1,topic2,topic3"
+---
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: log-pilot
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: log-pilot
+spec:
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: log-pilot
+    spec:
+      tolerations:
+      - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
+        effect: NoSchedule
+      containers:
+      - name: log-pilot
+        image: registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/log-pilot:0.9.6-filebeat
+        env:
+          - name: "LOGGING_OUTPUT"
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                name: log-pilot-configuration
+                key: logging_output
+          - name: "KAFKA_BROKERS"
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                name: log-pilot-configuration
+                key: kafka_brokers
+          - name: "NODE_NAME"
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: sock
+          mountPath: /var/run/docker.sock
+        - name: logs
+          mountPath: /var/log/filebeat
+        - name: state
+          mountPath: /var/lib/filebeat
+        - name: root
+          mountPath: /host
+          readOnly: true
+        - name: localtime
+          mountPath: /etc/localtime
+        # configure all valid topics in kafka
+        # when disable auto-create topic
+        - name: config-volume
+          mountPath: /etc/filebeat/config
+        securityContext:
+          capabilities:
+            add:
+            - SYS_ADMIN
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      volumes:
+      - name: sock
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/run/docker.sock
+          type: Socket
+      - name: logs
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/log/filebeat
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
+      - name: state
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/filebeat
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
+      - name: root
+        hostPath:
+          path: /
+          type: Directory
+      - name: localtime
+        hostPath:
+          path: /etc/localtime
+          type: File
+      # kubelet sync period
+      - name: config-volume
+        configMap:
+          name: log-pilot-configuration
+          items:
+          - key: kafka_topics
+            path: kafka_topics
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pilot/filebeat_piloter.go b/pilot/filebeat_piloter.go
index a13aacd4..45442000 100644
--- a/pilot/filebeat_piloter.go
+++ b/pilot/filebeat_piloter.go
@@ -303,3 +303,8 @@ func (p *FilebeatPiloter) Name() string {
 func (p *FilebeatPiloter) OnDestroyEvent(container string) error {
 	return p.feed(container)
 }
+
+// GetBaseConf returns plugin root directory
+func (p *FilebeatPiloter) GetBaseConf() string {
+	return FILEBEAT_BASE_CONF
+}
diff --git a/pilot/fluentd_piloter.go b/pilot/fluentd_piloter.go
index 19142d22..ac289998 100644
--- a/pilot/fluentd_piloter.go
+++ b/pilot/fluentd_piloter.go
@@ -142,3 +142,8 @@ func (p *FluentdPiloter) OnDestroyEvent(container string) error {
 	log.Info("refactor in the future!!!")
 	return nil
 }
+
+// GetBaseConf returns plugin root directory
+func (p *FluentdPiloter) GetBaseConf() string {
+	return FLUENTD_BASE_CONF
+}
diff --git a/pilot/pilot.go b/pilot/pilot.go
index 589861dc..1b9ae125 100644
--- a/pilot/pilot.go
+++ b/pilot/pilot.go
@@ -505,6 +505,32 @@ func (p *Pilot) parseTags(tags string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	return tagMap, nil
 }
 
+func (p *Pilot) tryCheckKafkaTopic(topic string) error {
+	output := os.Getenv(ENV_LOGGING_OUTPUT)
+	if output != "kafka" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	topicPath := filepath.Join(p.piloter.GetBaseConf(), "config", "kafka_topics")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(topicPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Info("ignore checking the validity of kafka topic")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	topics, err := ReadFile(topicPath, ",")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, t := range topics {
+		if t == topic {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("invalid topic: %s, supported topics: %v", topic, topics)
+}
+
 func (p *Pilot) parseLogConfig(name string, info *LogInfoNode, jsonLogPath string, mounts map[string]types.MountPoint) (*LogConfig, error) {
 	path := strings.TrimSpace(info.value)
 	if path == "" {
@@ -535,6 +561,11 @@ func (p *Pilot) parseLogConfig(name string, info *LogInfoNode, jsonLogPath strin
 		}
 	}
 
+	// try to check the validity of the target topic for kafka
+	if err := p.tryCheckKafkaTopic(tagMap["topic"]); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	format := info.children["format"]
 	if format == nil || format.value == "none" {
 		format = newLogInfoNode("nonex")
diff --git a/pilot/piloter.go b/pilot/piloter.go
index ecdcaf98..4d0c5ba4 100644
--- a/pilot/piloter.go
+++ b/pilot/piloter.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Piloter interface {
 	Reload() error
 	Stop() error
 
+	GetBaseConf() string
 	GetConfHome() string
 	GetConfPath(container string) string
 
diff --git a/pilot/util.go b/pilot/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4db2502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pilot/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package pilot
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ReadFile return string list separated by separator
+func ReadFile(path string, separator string) ([]string, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return strings.Split(string(data), separator), nil
+}
diff --git a/quickstart/es.yml b/quickstart/es.yml
index bf5701ed..d13d39b2 100644
--- a/quickstart/es.yml
+++ b/quickstart/es.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ services:
   elasticsearch:
     ports:
         - 9200:9200
-    image: elasticsearch
+    image: elasticsearch:5.5.1
 
   kibana:
-    image: kibana
+    image: kibana:5.5.1
     ports:
         - 5601:5601
     environment:
diff --git a/quickstart/filebeat/es.yml b/quickstart/filebeat/es.yml
index 0038ed44..ec2d5ae0 100644
--- a/quickstart/filebeat/es.yml
+++ b/quickstart/filebeat/es.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ services:
   elasticsearch:
     ports:
         - 9200:9200
-    image: elasticsearch
+    image: elasticsearch:5.5.1
 
   kibana:
-    image: kibana
+    image: kibana:5.5.1
     ports:
         - 5601:5601
     environment: