# Elasticsearch logs to Elasticsearch Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-logs-to-elasticsearch-index/82067>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 12, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-logs-to-elasticsearch-index/82067 "2017-04-12T00:53:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![eperry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eperry/32/551_2.png) [@eperry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eperry)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-logs-to-elasticsearch-index/82067/1 "2017-04-12T00:53:56Z")

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Hey guys,

I want to start pulling my Elasticsearch logs with kibana and put them in Elasticsearch.

elasticsearch log -\> logstash -\> kafka -\> logstash -\> elasticsearch (and Repeat) 😮

Ok this is a recursive issue, that will assume would crash my cluster. So I figure I would send my Elasticsearch logs from Production to my QA Elastic-search cluster so that I can trouble shoot issues since I am dealing with over 30 nodes

elasticsearch prod logs -\> logstash -\> qa kafka -\> qa logstash -\> QA Elasticsearch

So here are my questions:

- Anyone got some good Logstash INPUT and filters they would care to share to parse the logs?
- Any advice on good stuff to make visualizations/dashboards I should use
- Any GOTCHA's that you think I will encounter?

Or is there a better way , I am on 2.4 and about to upgrade to 5.3 so I would take solutions for either platform.

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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 10, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-logs-to-elasticsearch-index/82067/2 "2017-05-10T01:05:54Z")

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