diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 5a8b37bf45c7..ea4020a13a7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.4.0...master[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Add DNS processor with support for performing reverse lookups on IP addresses. {issue}7770[7770]
 - Implement CheckConfig in RunnerFactory to make autodiscover check configs {pull}7961[7961]
 - Count HTTP 429 responses in the elasticsearch output {pull}8056[8056]
+- Report configured queue type. {pull}8091[8091]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go b/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
index 05f30940dcf3..59a791aaf428 100644
--- a/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
+++ b/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
@@ -289,7 +289,14 @@ func (b *Beat) createBeater(bt beat.Creator) (beat.Beater, error) {
 	}
 
 	debugf("Initializing output plugins")
-	pipeline, err := pipeline.Load(b.Info, reg, b.Config.Pipeline, b.Config.Output)
+	pipeline, err := pipeline.Load(b.Info,
+		pipeline.Monitors{
+			Metrics:   reg,
+			Telemetry: monitoring.GetNamespace("state").GetRegistry(),
+			Logger:    logp.L().Named("publisher"),
+		},
+		b.Config.Pipeline,
+		b.Config.Output)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error initializing publisher: %+v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index 7c9357abdd77..f64bad7432ac 100644
--- a/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/libbeat/monitoring/report/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type reporter struct {
-	done *stopper
+	done   *stopper
+	logger *logp.Logger
 
 	checkRetry time.Duration
 
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ type reporter struct {
 	out      outputs.Group
 }
 
-var debugf = logp.MakeDebug("monitoring")
+const selector = "monitoring"
+
+var debugf = logp.MakeDebug(selector)
 
 var errNoMonitoring = errors.New("xpack monitoring not available")
 
@@ -72,6 +75,8 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func makeReporter(beat beat.Info, cfg *common.Config) (report.Reporter, error) {
+	log := logp.L().Named(selector)
+
 	config := defaultConfig
 	if err := cfg.Unpack(&config); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ func makeReporter(beat beat.Info, cfg *common.Config) (report.Reporter, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if proxyURL != nil {
-		logp.Info("Using proxy URL: %s", proxyURL)
+		log.Infof("Using proxy URL: %s", proxyURL)
 	}
 	tlsConfig, err := tlscommon.LoadTLSConfig(config.TLS)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -123,10 +128,11 @@ func makeReporter(beat beat.Info, cfg *common.Config) (report.Reporter, error) {
 	}
 
 	queueFactory := func(e queue.Eventer) (queue.Queue, error) {
-		return memqueue.NewBroker(memqueue.Settings{
-			Eventer: e,
-			Events:  20,
-		}), nil
+		return memqueue.NewBroker(log,
+			memqueue.Settings{
+				Eventer: e,
+				Events:  20,
+			}), nil
 	}
 
 	monitoring := monitoring.Default.GetRegistry("xpack.monitoring")
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ func makeReporter(beat beat.Info, cfg *common.Config) (report.Reporter, error) {
 	}
 
 	r := &reporter{
+		logger:     log,
 		done:       newStopper(),
 		beatMeta:   makeMeta(beat),
 		tags:       config.Tags,
@@ -171,6 +178,8 @@ func (r *reporter) initLoop(c config) {
 	debugf("Start monitoring endpoint init loop.")
 	defer debugf("Finish monitoring endpoint init loop.")
 
+	log := r.logger
+
 	logged := false
 
 	for {
@@ -178,11 +187,11 @@ func (r *reporter) initLoop(c config) {
 		client := r.out.Clients[rand.Intn(len(r.out.Clients))].(outputs.NetworkClient)
 		err := client.Connect()
 		if err == nil {
-			closing(client)
+			closing(log, client)
 			break
 		} else {
 			if !logged {
-				logp.Info("Failed to connect to Elastic X-Pack Monitoring. Either Elasticsearch X-Pack monitoring is not enabled or Elasticsearch is not available. Will keep retrying.")
+				log.Info("Failed to connect to Elastic X-Pack Monitoring. Either Elasticsearch X-Pack monitoring is not enabled or Elasticsearch is not available. Will keep retrying.")
 				logged = true
 			}
 			debugf("Monitoring could not connect to elasticsearch, failed with %v", err)
@@ -195,7 +204,7 @@ func (r *reporter) initLoop(c config) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	logp.Info("Successfully connected to X-Pack Monitoring endpoint.")
+	log.Info("Successfully connected to X-Pack Monitoring endpoint.")
 
 	// Start collector and send loop if monitoring endpoint has been found.
 	go r.snapshotLoop("state", "state", c.StatePeriod)
@@ -207,8 +216,10 @@ func (r *reporter) snapshotLoop(namespace, prefix string, period time.Duration)
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(period)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
-	logp.Info("Start monitoring %s metrics snapshot loop with period %s.", namespace, period)
-	defer logp.Info("Stop monitoring %s metrics snapshot loop.", namespace)
+	log := r.logger
+
+	log.Infof("Start monitoring %s metrics snapshot loop with period %s.", namespace, period)
+	defer log.Infof("Stop monitoring %s metrics snapshot loop.", namespace)
 
 	for {
 		var ts time.Time
@@ -277,9 +288,9 @@ func makeClient(
 	return newPublishClient(esClient, params), nil
 }
 
-func closing(c io.Closer) {
+func closing(log *logp.Logger, c io.Closer) {
 	if err := c.Close(); err != nil {
-		logp.Warn("Closed failed with: %v", err)
+		log.Warnf("Closed failed with: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/module.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/module.go
index 4fb5282f5825..7ed0ca95c112 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/module.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/module.go
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ var publishDisabled = false
 
 const defaultQueueType = "mem"
 
+// Monitors configures visibility for observing state and progress of the
+// pipeline.
+type Monitors struct {
+	Metrics   *monitoring.Registry
+	Telemetry *monitoring.Registry
+	Logger    *logp.Logger
+}
+
 func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&publishDisabled, "N", false, "Disable actual publishing for testing")
 }
@@ -46,12 +54,17 @@ func init() {
 // configured queue and outputs.
 func Load(
 	beatInfo beat.Info,
-	reg *monitoring.Registry,
+	monitors Monitors,
 	config Config,
 	outcfg common.ConfigNamespace,
 ) (*Pipeline, error) {
+	log := monitors.Logger
+	if log == nil {
+		log = logp.L()
+	}
+
 	if publishDisabled {
-		logp.Info("Dry run mode. All output types except the file based one are disabled.")
+		log.Info("Dry run mode. All output types except the file based one are disabled.")
 	}
 
 	processors, err := processors.New(config.Processors)
@@ -80,49 +93,54 @@ func Load(
 		},
 	}
 
-	queueBuilder, err := createQueueBuilder(config.Queue)
+	queueBuilder, err := createQueueBuilder(config.Queue, monitors)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	out, err := loadOutput(beatInfo, reg, outcfg)
+	out, err := loadOutput(beatInfo, monitors, outcfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	p, err := New(beatInfo, reg, queueBuilder, out, settings)
+	p, err := New(beatInfo, monitors.Metrics, queueBuilder, out, settings)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	logp.Info("Beat name: %s", name)
+	log.Info("Beat name: %s", name)
 	return p, err
 }
 
 func loadOutput(
 	beatInfo beat.Info,
-	reg *monitoring.Registry,
+	monitors Monitors,
 	outcfg common.ConfigNamespace,
 ) (outputs.Group, error) {
+	log := monitors.Logger
+	if log == nil {
+		log = logp.L()
+	}
+
 	if publishDisabled {
 		return outputs.Group{}, nil
 	}
 
 	if !outcfg.IsSet() {
 		msg := "No outputs are defined. Please define one under the output section."
-		logp.Info(msg)
+		log.Info(msg)
 		return outputs.Fail(errors.New(msg))
 	}
 
 	// TODO: add support to unload/reassign outStats on output reloading
 
 	var (
-		outReg   *monitoring.Registry
+		metrics  *monitoring.Registry
 		outStats outputs.Observer
 	)
-	if reg != nil {
-		outReg = reg.NewRegistry("output")
-		outStats = outputs.NewStats(outReg)
+	if monitors.Metrics != nil {
+		metrics = monitors.Metrics.NewRegistry("output")
+		outStats = outputs.NewStats(metrics)
 	}
 
 	out, err := outputs.Load(beatInfo, outStats, outcfg.Name(), outcfg.Config())
@@ -130,18 +148,21 @@ func loadOutput(
 		return outputs.Fail(err)
 	}
 
-	if outReg != nil {
-		monitoring.NewString(outReg, "type").Set(outcfg.Name())
+	if metrics != nil {
+		monitoring.NewString(metrics, "type").Set(outcfg.Name())
+	}
+	if monitors.Telemetry != nil {
+		telemetry := monitors.Telemetry.NewRegistry("output")
+		monitoring.NewString(telemetry, "name").Set(outcfg.Name())
 	}
-
-	stateRegistry := monitoring.GetNamespace("state").GetRegistry()
-	outputRegistry := stateRegistry.NewRegistry("output")
-	monitoring.NewString(outputRegistry, "name").Set(outcfg.Name())
 
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func createQueueBuilder(config common.ConfigNamespace) (func(queue.Eventer) (queue.Queue, error), error) {
+func createQueueBuilder(
+	config common.ConfigNamespace,
+	monitors Monitors,
+) (func(queue.Eventer) (queue.Queue, error), error) {
 	queueType := defaultQueueType
 	if b := config.Name(); b != "" {
 		queueType = b
@@ -157,7 +178,12 @@ func createQueueBuilder(config common.ConfigNamespace) (func(queue.Eventer) (que
 		queueConfig = common.NewConfig()
 	}
 
+	if monitors.Telemetry != nil {
+		queueReg := monitors.Telemetry.NewRegistry("queue")
+		monitoring.NewString(queueReg, "name").Set(queueType)
+	}
+
 	return func(eventer queue.Eventer) (queue.Queue, error) {
-		return queueFactory(eventer, queueConfig)
+		return queueFactory(eventer, monitors.Logger, queueConfig)
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/stress/run.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/stress/run.go
index 3a71f8894bbc..e21d3f29d269 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/stress/run.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/stress/run.go
@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ func RunTests(
 		return fmt.Errorf("unpacking config failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// reg := monitoring.NewRegistry()
-	pipeline, err := pipeline.Load(info, nil, config.Pipeline, config.Output)
+	pipeline, err := pipeline.Load(info, pipeline.Monitors{
+		Metrics:   nil,
+		Telemetry: nil,
+		Logger:    logp.L(),
+	},
+		config.Pipeline,
+		config.Output)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("loading pipeline failed: %+v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go b/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go
index b582155bc0ae..34cefd6ef2a3 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/broker.go
@@ -87,13 +87,17 @@ func init() {
 	queue.RegisterType("mem", create)
 }
 
-func create(eventer queue.Eventer, cfg *common.Config) (queue.Queue, error) {
+func create(eventer queue.Eventer, logger *logp.Logger, cfg *common.Config) (queue.Queue, error) {
 	config := defaultConfig
 	if err := cfg.Unpack(&config); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return NewBroker(Settings{
+	if logger == nil {
+		logger = logp.L()
+	}
+
+	return NewBroker(logger, Settings{
 		Eventer:        eventer,
 		Events:         config.Events,
 		FlushMinEvents: config.FlushMinEvents,
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ func create(eventer queue.Eventer, cfg *common.Config) (queue.Queue, error) {
 // If waitOnClose is set to true, the broker will block on Close, until all internal
 // workers handling incoming messages and ACKs have been shut down.
 func NewBroker(
+	logger logger,
 	settings Settings,
 ) *Broker {
 	// define internal channel size for producer/client requests
@@ -128,9 +133,13 @@ func NewBroker(
 		minEvents = sz
 	}
 
+	if logger == nil {
+		logger = logp.NewLogger("memqueue")
+	}
+
 	b := &Broker{
 		done:   make(chan struct{}),
-		logger: logp.NewLogger("memqueue"),
+		logger: logger,
 
 		// broker API channels
 		events:    make(chan pushRequest, chanSize),
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/queue_test.go b/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/queue_test.go
index 528cc39996e4..cac0c68d3a8f 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/queue_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue/queue_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestProducerCancelRemovesEvents(t *testing.T) {
 
 func makeTestQueue(sz, minEvents int, flushTimeout time.Duration) queuetest.QueueFactory {
 	return func(_ *testing.T) queue.Queue {
-		return NewBroker(Settings{
+		return NewBroker(nil, Settings{
 			Events:         sz,
 			FlushMinEvents: minEvents,
 			FlushTimeout:   flushTimeout,
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/queue/queue.go b/libbeat/publisher/queue/queue.go
index 201af049b94d..eca5c0c499d6 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/queue/queue.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/queue/queue.go
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/publisher"
 )
 
 // Factory for creating a queue used by a pipeline instance.
-type Factory func(Eventer, *common.Config) (Queue, error)
+type Factory func(Eventer, *logp.Logger, *common.Config) (Queue, error)
 
 // Eventer listens to special events to be send by queue implementations.
 type Eventer interface {
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/queue/spool/module.go b/libbeat/publisher/queue/spool/module.go
index b53d1be42d4d..71a43c421ecb 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/queue/spool/module.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/queue/spool/module.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common/cfgwarn"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/feature"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/paths"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/publisher/queue"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-txfile"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func init() {
 	queue.RegisterType("spool", create)
 }
 
-func create(eventer queue.Eventer, cfg *common.Config) (queue.Queue, error) {
+func create(eventer queue.Eventer, logp *logp.Logger, cfg *common.Config) (queue.Queue, error) {
 	cfgwarn.Beta("Spooling to disk is beta")
 
 	config := defaultConfig()
@@ -56,7 +57,12 @@ func create(eventer queue.Eventer, cfg *common.Config) (queue.Queue, error) {
 		flushEvents = uint(count)
 	}
 
-	return NewSpool(defaultLogger(), path, Settings{
+	var log logger = logp
+	if logp == nil {
+		log = defaultLogger()
+	}
+
+	return NewSpool(log, path, Settings{
 		Eventer:           eventer,
 		Mode:              config.File.Permissions,
 		WriteBuffer:       uint(config.Write.BufferSize),