# Beat can receiver data from kibana or not?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-can-receiver-data-from-kibana-or-not/209264>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-can-receiver-data-from-kibana-or-not/209264 "2019-11-25T09:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Fent](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fent)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-can-receiver-data-from-kibana-or-not/209264/1 "2019-11-25T09:32:35Z")

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I want to add some button on kibana to send command to beat(like filebeat) ,to control the beat to start to collect log or stop collect ,  
I want to know if there have some API to handle communication between kibana and beat.  
Somebody know this ?thanks

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-can-receiver-data-from-kibana-or-not/209264/2 "2019-11-28T15:12:20Z")

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Have you tried central management? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-central-management.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-central-management.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-can-receiver-data-from-kibana-or-not/209264/3 "2019-12-26T17:12:39Z")

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