# Collect logs from a remote servers without installing Filebeat on all the remote servers
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-logs-from-a-remote-servers-without-installing-filebeat-on-all-the-remote-servers/58490
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-logs-from-a-remote-servers-without-installing-filebeat-on-all-the-remote-servers/58490 "2016-08-19T21:51:07Z")
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### Author:  [@shravan521](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shravan521)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-logs-from-a-remote-servers-without-installing-filebeat-on-all-the-remote-servers/58490/1 "2016-08-19T21:51:07Z")
We are currently using Logstash and Filebeat to collect logs from multiple servers on same network, where Filebeat is installed on each server to ship the logs.
Now we have a different requirement to collect logs from a remote server which doesn't allow us to push any thing to local server. But we can instantiate a request from local server and the remote server can reply. So please suggest me with right approach.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-logs-from-a-remote-servers-without-installing-filebeat-on-all-the-remote-servers/58490/2 "2016-08-19T22:41:19Z")
There is nothing that beats or LS can do here.
Maybe you can ssh mount the log directory on a node that runs beats/LS.
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### Author:  [@shravan521](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shravan521)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-logs-from-a-remote-servers-without-installing-filebeat-on-all-the-remote-servers/58490/3 "2016-08-23T13:28:09Z")
Thank you for the quick reply.
I was wondering if it is possible use logstash input plugin "tcp" to connect to the remote server using mode "client" and host and port fields specified.
If I connect to the client this way do we still have to use Filebeat, or Logstash itself can read the logs from remote client?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-logs-from-a-remote-servers-without-installing-filebeat-on-all-the-remote-servers/58490/4 "2016-08-23T20:26:36Z")
> [@shravan521](#):
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> I was wondering if it is possible use logstash input plugin "tcp" to connect to the remote server using mode "client" and host and port fields specified.
No, that is a passive listening port only.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-logs-from-a-remote-servers-without-installing-filebeat-on-all-the-remote-servers/58490/5 "2016-09-09T21:51:43Z")
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