# Filebeat of windows to elastic search instance on ubuntu

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-of-windows-to-elastic-search-instance-on-ubuntu/124798>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 20, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-of-windows-to-elastic-search-instance-on-ubuntu/124798 "2018-03-20T14:46:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prajakta\_Sonawane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Prajakta\_Sonawane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prajakta_Sonawane)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-of-windows-to-elastic-search-instance-on-ubuntu/124798/1 "2018-03-20T14:46:57Z")

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I am trying to connect filebeat on windows to ES instance on ubuntu via logstash and getting the following error :

 ![logstash](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/4/f486179356f8e28cd36007564ce05bb2cbf3f3c8.png)

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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:** [March 20, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-of-windows-to-elastic-search-instance-on-ubuntu/124798/2 "2018-03-20T18:23:37Z")

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What do you mean by "via Logstash"? The log indicates that Filebeat is connecting directly to Elasticsearch.

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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 17, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-of-windows-to-elastic-search-instance-on-ubuntu/124798/3 "2018-04-17T18:23:49Z")

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