# ELK for static logs. Is it viable option?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-for-static-logs-is-it-viable-option/144225>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 13, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-for-static-logs-is-it-viable-option/144225 "2018-08-13T19:04:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![randomfx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomfx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/randomfx)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-for-static-logs-is-it-viable-option/144225/1 "2018-08-13T19:04:56Z")

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Hi guys,

New to ELK stack.

Is it possible to use ELK for static log analysis? I mean if have a large archive with logs which  
are all connected/has hierarchical structure (root-branch), can I configure ELK to group it toughener and then create views inside Kibana similar to what I can see in common file manager?

Thank you in advance!

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-for-static-logs-is-it-viable-option/144225/2 "2018-08-14T17:13:21Z")

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I'm not sure the Elastic stack is a perfect match for your use case, but the Graph component ([https://www.elastic.co/products/stack/graph](https://www.elastic.co/products/stack/graph)) might be useful.

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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:** [September 11, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-for-static-logs-is-it-viable-option/144225/3 "2018-09-11T17:13:22Z")

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