# Filebeat -\*

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat/126338>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 31, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat/126338 "2018-03-31T20:30:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ibti\_Ssem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ibti_ssem/32/29423_2.png) [@Ibti\_Ssem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ibti_Ssem)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat/126338/1 "2018-03-31T20:30:47Z")

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when and why to use FileBeat !

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**Author:** ![franco.federico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@franco.federico](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franco.federico)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat/126338/2 "2018-04-02T08:51:25Z")

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Hi Ibti  
filebeat is a componet of beats that could be deploy on the server where you want collect information.  
It permits to collect information and send this information to other component like elasticsearch, logstash.  
Do you read the documentation on the eleastic site?

Franco

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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 30, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat/126338/3 "2018-04-30T08:51:33Z")

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