# ELK to resolve IIS username to show fullname of the user

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-to-resolve-iis-username-to-show-fullname-of-the-user/172030>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-to-resolve-iis-username-to-show-fullname-of-the-user/172030 "2019-03-12T21:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![syedsfayaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/syedsfayaz/32/46657_2.png) [@syedsfayaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syedsfayaz)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-to-resolve-iis-username-to-show-fullname-of-the-user/172030/1 "2019-03-12T21:12:10Z")

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Currently I have a setup Filebeats \>\> Logstash \>\> Elastic Search \>\> Kibana.

I am using this to parse the IIS access logs. In access logs we get the username. But my requirement is to show the full name of the user.

Is there a way I can connect my Logstash or Kibana to LDAP or Active directory server and get the full names instead of username displayed on kibana.

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-to-resolve-iis-username-to-show-fullname-of-the-user/172030/2 "2019-03-12T22:06:11Z")

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Take a look at [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-username-from-guid-with-winlogbeats-sending-to-logstash/165813) thread, which is solving a slightly different problem. It suggests exporting AD data and then using either a translate filter or an elasticsearch lookup into the exported data.

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**Author:** ![syedsfayaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/syedsfayaz/32/46657_2.png) [@syedsfayaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syedsfayaz)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-to-resolve-iis-username-to-show-fullname-of-the-user/172030/3 "2019-03-13T16:49:28Z")

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@Badger Sure, Will take a look. Thanks.

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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:** [April 10, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-to-resolve-iis-username-to-show-fullname-of-the-user/172030/4 "2019-04-10T16:52:13Z")

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