# Filebeat processing with external Javascript modules

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-processing-with-external-javascript-modules/243775>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-processing-with-external-javascript-modules/243775 "2020-08-04T19:22:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clippy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-processing-with-external-javascript-modules/243775/1 "2020-08-04T19:22:21Z")

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Does anybody know if it is possible to run a Filebeat processor using external modules. The logs are telling me that it isn't allowed natively but I would love to be able to use the File System (fs) module with my process and was hoping someone has a workaround.

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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 1, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-processing-with-external-javascript-modules/243775/2 "2020-09-01T21:22:28Z")

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