# Does filebeat handles .gz zipped log files?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-handles-gz-zipped-log-files/83031>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-handles-gz-zipped-log-files/83031 "2017-04-20T10:57:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sharath\_Vutpala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Sharath\_Vutpala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sharath_Vutpala)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-handles-gz-zipped-log-files/83031/1 "2017-04-20T10:57:04Z")

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I am interested in sending logs of an Elastic Map Reduce instance to Elasticsearch. But these are logged as .gz extension files. When i see the logs in Kibana, i am getting non-readable characters. Can we send .gz formatted logs to Elasticsearch using filebeat?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-handles-gz-zipped-log-files/83031/2 "2017-04-21T08:58:45Z")

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Not yet. You can track progress in this github issue: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/637](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/637)

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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:** [May 19, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-handles-gz-zipped-log-files/83031/3 "2017-05-19T09:04:58Z")

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