# Filebeat reading from another Linux server **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [May 24, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reading-from-another-linux-server/133084 "2018-05-24T07:17:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![solo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/solo/32/29084_2.png) [@solo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/solo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reading-from-another-linux-server/133084/1 "2018-05-24T07:17:56Z")
Hi, I have three Red Hat Linux servers. I only have admin access at one of them and that is the one running Filebeat, Logstash, Elasticsearch and Kibana. My other two servers are have a log file each that I somehow need to get. ![server_overview](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/d/6d67495f84d602d51ba1a61586772e1fe9b85ec7.png) What is the best approach for doing this? ---
**Author:** ![Vitaly\_il](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vitaly_il/32/130964_2.png) [@Vitaly\_il](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vitaly_il)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reading-from-another-linux-server/133084/2 "2018-05-24T07:30:03Z")
You have [at least] two ways to configure logs shipping, in both cases you will need admin access to the #2 and #3 boxes: - install and configure filebeat on these boxes - configure rsyslog on these boxes for send logs to the 1st box Filebeat seems me more straightforward and elegant. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reading-from-another-linux-server/133084/3 "2018-06-21T07:30:04Z")
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