# Choosing the apropriate beats to import MySQL-DB

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/choosing-the-apropriate-beats-to-import-mysql-db/244602>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat, metricbeat\
**Created:** [August 11, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/choosing-the-apropriate-beats-to-import-mysql-db/244602 "2020-08-11T16:49:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![S.Schlaak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s.schlaak/32/73683_2.png) [@S.Schlaak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/S.Schlaak)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/choosing-the-apropriate-beats-to-import-mysql-db/244602/1 "2020-08-11T16:49:16Z")

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Hi,  
i am new to working with the elastic solutions and currently tasked to import a variety of data from MySQL Databases into Kibana / elastic.

So i found some solutions promising that metricbeats and filebeat can import them, though i am not sure if these would be the apropriate beats solutions, or is it universal? Meaning that no matter how i import the data i can still choose my visualisations in Kibana?

Currently just looking for a working proof of concept on a local machine.

Any helping information or solutions are welcomed. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![jmorph99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jmorph99/32/53466_2.png) [@jmorph99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmorph99)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/choosing-the-apropriate-beats-to-import-mysql-db/244602/2 "2020-08-11T17:24:51Z")

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I would use logstash. [https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-to-keep-elasticsearch-synchronized-with-a-relational-database-using-logstash](https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-to-keep-elasticsearch-synchronized-with-a-relational-database-using-logstash)

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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:** [September 8, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/choosing-the-apropriate-beats-to-import-mysql-db/244602/3 "2020-09-08T19:24:56Z")

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