# Can beats pick data from database and send to elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-beats-pick-data-from-database-and-send-to-elasticsearch/92211>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [July 7, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-beats-pick-data-from-database-and-send-to-elasticsearch/92211 "2017-07-07T06:18:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinod\_hy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@vinod\_hy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinod_hy)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-beats-pick-data-from-database-and-send-to-elasticsearch/92211/1 "2017-07-07T06:18:43Z")

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Hi All,

Right now i am using filebeat which forwards the content of a particular log file to logstash.  
I want to know is there any support from beats where i can forward content from database to logstash.

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-beats-pick-data-from-database-and-send-to-elasticsearch/92211/2 "2017-07-07T14:41:42Z")

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No, Beats primarily ship logs and metrics. Logstash can directly retrieve data from a DB using the [jdbc input](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-jdbc.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:** [July 28, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-beats-pick-data-from-database-and-send-to-elasticsearch/92211/3 "2017-07-28T06:18:44Z")

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