# Connecting Winlogbeat with pfsense
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-winlogbeat-with-pfsense/334811
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** winlogbeat
**Created:** [May 31, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-winlogbeat-with-pfsense/334811 "2023-05-31T13:47:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@mariya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mariya)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-winlogbeat-with-pfsense/334811/1 "2023-05-31T13:47:37Z")
Hi ! I have set up a CentOS virtual machine running ELK server. Also in vmware I installed Windows virtual machine with Winlogbeat, and a pfSense virtual machine. I want to configure Winlogbeat to send Windows logs to Logstash on the Windows machine. From there, I want Logstash to forward the logs to pfSense using TCP syslog. Finally, pfSense should send the logs to the ELK server for centralized log analysis. I need assistance with the detailed steps to configure Winlogbeat, Logstash, pfSense, and ELK to achieve this log forwarding and analysis setup.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-winlogbeat-with-pfsense/334811/2 "2023-06-08T23:07:14Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃
Why are you sending these to pfsense as well?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-winlogbeat-with-pfsense/334811/3 "2023-07-07T01:07:23Z")
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