# File --\> kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 3, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465 "2018-05-03T13:54:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![MrNerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrnerd/32/30763_2.png) [@MrNerd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MrNerd)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465/1 "2018-05-03T13:54:50Z")

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It is possible to create multiple index with filebeat and send them deirectly to kibana, if it's possible how?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465/2 "2018-05-04T07:48:41Z")

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Can you share a bit more details on what you are trying to do?

The storage engine is Elasticsearch. To run Kibana you need Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![MrNerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrnerd/32/30763_2.png) [@MrNerd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MrNerd)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465/3 "2018-05-04T08:32:09Z")

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I'm running kibana without elasticsearch i send directly my logs from filebeat to kibana into the default index the one that creates filebeat [%dd%MM%yyyy] and i want to know if its possible to send multiple index to kibana or not?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465/4 "2018-05-04T13:47:12Z")

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I'm not sure I can follow. The Kibana index is in Elasticsearch and Filebeat can't send data directly to Kibana. You mean having multiple indices in Elasticsearch instead of just the daily ones?

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**Author:** ![MrNerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrnerd/32/30763_2.png) [@MrNerd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MrNerd)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465/5 "2018-05-07T07:25:07Z")

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Oh I thought I could send my index directly to kiabna and then index them into elasticsearch. Didn't know I must send the index directly onto elasticsearch

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**Author:** ![MrNerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrnerd/32/30763_2.png) [@MrNerd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MrNerd)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465/6 "2018-05-07T07:27:00Z")

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well i did know that but i thought i could just first show my logs at kibana and then index them 😛 mistake then. 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:** [June 4, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-kibana/130465/7 "2018-06-04T07:39:28Z")

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