# Access a network share for logs
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 31, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391 "2016-05-31T07:59:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@rashidmirza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashidmirza)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391/1 "2016-05-31T07:59:40Z")
i have recently installed ELK on a windows machine.
I would like to parse and create some sort of statistics out of a text based log file that resides on a Linux machine, but as that folder is made as a share, it is accessible from a windows machine.
Having issues, understanding what should be the path in the configuration file.
Also having issues with the way ELK is running, I cannot seem to add indexes. I don't have or see the Create button...the list is big.
kindly assist, starting with the configuration setup, then moving on to other things.
Here is my logstash.conf:
input {
file {
path =\> "[//172.16.36.31/Shares/ift20110923.log](https://172.16.36.31/Shares/ift20110923.log)"
start\_position =\> "beginning"
type =\> "logs"
sincedb\_path =\> "/dev/null"
}
}
filter {
csv {
columns =\> [
"Camera",
"Dev"
]
separator =\> ","
}
}
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> "localhost:9200"
}
stdout {codec =\> rubydebug}
}
Appreciate it, thanks.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391/2 "2016-06-01T01:32:50Z")
> [@rashidmirza](#):
>
> I would like to parse and create some sort of statistics out of a text based log file that resides on a Linux machine, but as that folder is made as a share, it is accessible from a windows machine.
Maybe NFS?
What about installing LS on the linux machine?
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### Author:  [@rashidmirza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashidmirza)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391/3 "2016-06-01T04:31:35Z")
I can't, since the linux machine is part of a controlled environment, and would involve quite a bit of approvals before anything can be installed on it. That is why I prefer to install LS on a separate machine, on windows, because I thought it would be easy (but that is not the case) and access the share, since the permissions are read only.
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### Author:  [@rashidmirza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashidmirza)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391/4 "2016-06-07T06:25:46Z")
guys, anyone?
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### Author:  [@rashidmirza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashidmirza)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391/5 "2016-06-21T05:10:39Z")
i would appreciate help on this
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-a-network-share-for-logs/51391/6 "2017-07-06T04:51:41Z")