# Best way to load a pcap file into elasticsearch 7.11
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-load-a-pcap-file-into-elasticsearch-7-11/266483
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 7, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-load-a-pcap-file-into-elasticsearch-7-11/266483 "2021-03-07T18:18:18Z")
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### Author:  [@humbaw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/humbaw)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-load-a-pcap-file-into-elasticsearch-7-11/266483/1 "2021-03-07T18:18:18Z")
Hi. I'm using elasticsearch 7.11 and I would like to ingest a pcap file into elasticsearch and kibana. What would be the best way to do this
I tried using the analyzing network packets guide([Analyzing network packets with Wireshark, Elasticsearch, and Kibana | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/blog/analyzing-network-packets-with-wireshark-elasticsearch-and-kibana)) but it wouldn't work because the guide is for older versions of elasticsearch.
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### Author:  [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-load-a-pcap-file-into-elasticsearch-7-11/266483/2 "2021-03-07T18:58:08Z")
tshark would be the best way to move with pcap files
The json generated may be not necessary ready to be bulked into ES latest versions, but i suggest you use logstash to clean the json before ingest it to ES.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-load-a-pcap-file-into-elasticsearch-7-11/266483/3 "2021-04-04T18:58:49Z")
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