Do we need to install filebeats on client and elk server

[dubul]

I want to send logs from windows machine. I'm having issues with path of input file and output for elk stack. Can you provide me some example config on client and elk server machine.

[andrewkroh]

Seems like a duplicate of:

I want to send logs from a windows machine to windows elk server

my logs are located in d:\app\logs in a windows machine. i want to send logs to elk server. I tried using file beat. I dont see any errors and could'nt see any logs on elk server. Can anyone provide me configs for filebeat on client and elk server. My another question is do we need to install filebeat on both the machines? can we directly send the output from filebeat to elasticsearch?