# Elastic agent and port mirroring

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-port-mirroring/336185>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-port-mirroring/336185 "2023-06-16T03:15:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ammar\_Mostafa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ammar_mostafa/32/122331_2.png) [@Ammar\_Mostafa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ammar_Mostafa)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-port-mirroring/336185/1 "2023-06-16T03:15:54Z")

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If i have a server that i make it as destination of port mirroring how can i use this mirrored traffic to ingest it in elastic agent to parse it and deliver it to Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-port-mirroring/336185/2 "2023-06-20T00:31:36Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Can you elaborate more on what sort of traffic you are looking to monitor with the agent?

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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:** [July 18, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-port-mirroring/336185/3 "2023-07-18T00:31:48Z")

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