# Can file beat ship logs over https?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-file-beat-ship-logs-over-https/35531>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 25, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-file-beat-ship-logs-over-https/35531 "2015-11-25T09:17:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sai\_Birada](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_birada/32/142367_2.png) [@Sai\_Birada](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Birada)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-file-beat-ship-logs-over-https/35531/1 "2015-11-25T09:17:35Z")

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Can it communicate over https or requires binary protocol? and what are the privileges it requires?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-file-beat-ship-logs-over-https/35531/2 "2015-11-25T09:34:02Z")

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Filebeat can use https. For more details see here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/\_https\_and\_basic\_authentication.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/_https_and_basic_authentication.html)

More details on the TLS options can be found here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/configuration.html#configuration-output-tls](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/configuration.html#configuration-output-tls)

Filebeat needs read access to the files you want to be sent.

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**Author:** ![Sai\_Birada](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_birada/32/142367_2.png) [@Sai\_Birada](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Birada)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-file-beat-ship-logs-over-https/35531/3 "2015-11-25T09:39:30Z")

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Thanks for quick reply @ruflin.

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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 5, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-file-beat-ship-logs-over-https/35531/4 "2017-07-05T21:58:00Z")

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