# Elasticsearch using shared folders

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-shared-folders/53292>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 20, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-shared-folders/53292 "2016-06-20T09:14:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rknataraj1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@rknataraj1982](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rknataraj1982)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-shared-folders/53292/1 "2016-06-20T09:14:16Z")

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Hi All,

I am new to ElasticSearch, I am currently trying to see how I can use Elasticsearch to meet one of my requirements.

The simple requirement is "How to implement search on a shared folder having unstructured data".

This shared folder keeps getting updated with latest information.

Also I am not interested to store the dump of my data in my elastic search server. Index data also should be stored directly on the shared folder.

I am not looking for LogStash as the data is mostly text files and documents.

Please advise.

Regards,  
Natarajan R

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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:** [June 20, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-shared-folders/53292/2 "2016-06-20T09:26:35Z")

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fscrawler might help you.

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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 5, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-shared-folders/53292/3 "2017-07-05T22:42:23Z")

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