# Collecting the logs from servers without installing a collection agent

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-the-logs-from-servers-without-installing-a-collection-agent/114520>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 8, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-the-logs-from-servers-without-installing-a-collection-agent/114520 "2018-01-08T12:23:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-the-logs-from-servers-without-installing-a-collection-agent/114520/1 "2018-01-08T12:23:07Z")

</div>

Is there a non-intrusive way of gathering logs from the production system? That means no piece of software will be installed in the source systems. Hence, is there any way to collect logs from remote systems and feed to Elasticsearch?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![paz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paz/32/28003_2.png) [@paz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paz)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-the-logs-from-servers-without-installing-a-collection-agent/114520/2 "2018-01-08T14:21:41Z")

</div>

It depends highly on each specific case. This is way too vague.

Are those logs available somehow on those systems, via HTTP APIs or otherwise?  
Can those systems forward those logs themselves, like a syslog daemon or similar?

You can have a look on the available [logstash input plugins](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/input-plugins.html) to see if something suits your specific needs.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-the-logs-from-servers-without-installing-a-collection-agent/114520/3 "2018-02-05T14:22:01Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.