# Connecting Logstash to Microsoft Access DB?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-logstash-to-microsoft-access-db/69477>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-logstash-to-microsoft-access-db/69477 "2016-12-19T17:13:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisrumz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@chrisrumz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrisrumz)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-logstash-to-microsoft-access-db/69477/1 "2016-12-19T17:13:31Z")

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Is connecting Logstash to a Microsoft Access database possible? I've tried many ways, including adding the Java 7 JDBC-ODBC bridge to my Java 8 install as mentioned in this article:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14229072/removal-of-jdbc-odbc-bridge-in-java-8>

or open-source solutions like "UCanAccess" found at this site:

[http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html](http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html)

I have been able to use the JDBC input plugin for connecting to SQL databases with no issues. But I have had no success with these other driver libraries used to connect to a Microsoft Access database.

Thanks in advance for any reply.

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**Author:** ![Alexis\_Hodiquet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexis_hodiquet/32/59577_2.png) [@Alexis\_Hodiquet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexis_Hodiquet)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-logstash-to-microsoft-access-db/69477/2 "2017-01-14T18:13:55Z")

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Hi have you found the solution?  
Im trying to use Ucanacess. But it doesn't find the driver éven I add it in the configuration file and infants the classpath:

CLASSPATH=(jar path) ./logstash -f file.config

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**Author:** ![chrisrumz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@chrisrumz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrisrumz)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-logstash-to-microsoft-access-db/69477/3 "2017-01-15T17:24:29Z")

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@Alexis_Hodiquet: I have tried the method you've mentioned, but was not successful. We are leaning towards an alternative solution; A .NET developer at our company is making a windows service that will actively pull the live data from our Access databases and feed it into elasticsearch. Not the solution I wanted, but it will have to do.

If I find out anything, I'll be sure to post it.

Thanks.

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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:** [February 12, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-logstash-to-microsoft-access-db/69477/4 "2017-02-12T17:25:17Z")

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