# Elasticsearch dns resolution
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dns-resolution/39078
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 13, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dns-resolution/39078 "2016-01-13T09:32:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@wgreen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wgreen)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dns-resolution/39078/1 "2016-01-13T09:32:28Z")
I am successfully using elasticsearch, kibana and ntopng to collect, monitor and display network traffic patterns. I need information on how to get elasticsearch to perform a dns lookup of source and destination network addresses. i hae not been able to find much documentation on this subject. i am not using logstach, which has a dns filter that performs this function. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dns-resolution/39078/2 "2016-01-13T09:41:12Z")
You want Elasticsearch to perform DNS lookups of IP address and/or hostname fields as part of the indexing? There's no such feature but it should be possible to accomplish with a plugin.
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### Author:  [@wgreen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wgreen)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dns-resolution/39078/3 "2016-01-13T11:19:15Z")
Thanks you for your prompt response! Is there a plugin available that can provide this feature. If so how may i acquire it.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dns-resolution/39078/4 "2017-07-05T23:24:57Z")