# Confusion setting up Filebeats for NGINX, Logstash, and ElasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-setting-up-filebeats-for-nginx-logstash-and-elasticsearch/86178>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-setting-up-filebeats-for-nginx-logstash-and-elasticsearch/86178 "2017-05-17T22:38:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![stuartweir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@stuartweir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stuartweir)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-setting-up-filebeats-for-nginx-logstash-and-elasticsearch/86178/1 "2017-05-17T22:38:43Z")

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Following the documentation for Setting up Filebeats for NGINX, I got to this page here:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-nginx.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-nginx.html)

However it is unclear how I actually install the module. Does it already come preinstalled with Elasticsearch instances? In the Module overview ( [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-modules-overview.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-modules-overview.html) ) it mentions Ingest Nodes, but when I go to the page on Ingest Nodes ( [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.4/ingest.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.4/ingest.html) ) it simply tells me to define a pipeline ( [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.4/pipeline.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.4/pipeline.html) ) at which point there is only a small amount of information on Pipelines.

So my question simply is: how do I get that NGINX dashboard? Do I need to define pipelines? If so, are those defined on ElasticSearch or Logstash? where do these files go? How are they formatted? It's very unclear when I have to follow multiple links to wind up at a page with the equivalent of 1 paragraph worth of material on the topic.

Thanks for any and all help.

-Stu

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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:** [May 18, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-setting-up-filebeats-for-nginx-logstash-and-elasticsearch/86178/2 "2017-05-18T13:41:57Z")

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Best check out the tutorial here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/\_tutorial.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/_tutorial.html) This should contain all the details you were asking for above.

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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:** [June 15, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-setting-up-filebeats-for-nginx-logstash-and-elasticsearch/86178/3 "2017-06-15T13:42:00Z")

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