# Elasticsearch indexing JSON Log Files in a Folder

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-json-log-files-in-a-folder/142578>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 1, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-json-log-files-in-a-folder/142578 "2018-08-01T13:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![emincan\_sahin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emincan\_sahin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emincan_sahin)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-json-log-files-in-a-folder/142578/1 "2018-08-01T13:32:32Z")

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json log files are located in the folde, want to index these files elasticsearh .  
first time I use ElasticSearch.  
Could you explain it in a simple way.  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-json-log-files-in-a-folder/142578/2 "2018-08-01T13:50:51Z")

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I believe you can read each line with filebeat and stream it to elasticsearch directly.  
With a configuration similar to:

```auto
filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
  enabled: true
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.json
  json.message_key: log

```

I'm moving your question to #beats:filebeat then.

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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:** [August 29, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-json-log-files-in-a-folder/142578/3 "2018-08-29T13:50:51Z")

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