# Centralization Logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/centralization-logstash/279938>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/centralization-logstash/279938 "2021-07-29T07:07:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ilya\_21bA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@Ilya\_21bA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_21bA)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/centralization-logstash/279938/1 "2021-07-29T07:07:38Z")

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Hi, tell me, is it necessary to install the entire ELK stack on a new virtual machine, if I want to collect logs from several machines, tell me how it can be done, there are instructions.

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**Author:** ![AquaX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aquax/32/92006_2.png) [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/centralization-logstash/279938/2 "2021-07-29T15:47:45Z")

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You can install and use Logstash on its own if you want, you do not need Elasticsearch or Kibana if you don’t need it.

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**Author:** ![Ilya\_21bA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@Ilya\_21bA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_21bA)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/centralization-logstash/279938/3 "2021-07-30T07:25:34Z")

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will it be possible to output logs from another machine to a shared Elastic server

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**Author:** ![AquaX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aquax/32/92006_2.png) [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/centralization-logstash/279938/4 "2021-07-30T13:10:47Z")

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Absolutely. That's part of the basic configuration.

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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:** [August 27, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/centralization-logstash/279938/5 "2021-08-27T13:11:37Z")

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