# Forward elasticsearch log to external server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-elasticsearch-log-to-external-server/249785>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-elasticsearch-log-to-external-server/249785 "2020-09-24T09:32:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![borna\_talebi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/borna_talebi/32/76317_2.png) [@borna\_talebi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/borna_talebi)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-elasticsearch-log-to-external-server/249785/1 "2020-09-24T09:32:17Z")

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Hi,  
I know it's a rare use case but Is there any way to forward elasticsearch audit logs to another syslog server? all I find is [this](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/forwarding-audit-logfiles.html) but it's deprecated.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-elasticsearch-log-to-external-server/249785/2 "2020-09-24T09:44:02Z")

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AS this feature is removed on Elasticsearch 7.x, you could go with a filebeat and read that audit log from Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![borna\_talebi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/borna_talebi/32/76317_2.png) [@borna\_talebi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/borna_talebi)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-elasticsearch-log-to-external-server/249785/3 "2020-09-24T09:58:22Z")

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> [@spinscale](#):
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> you could go with a filebeat and read that audit log from Elasticsearch?

Yes but what about output configuration? I didn't find any option for that in [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuring-output.html).  
Do I have to create my own filebeat?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-elasticsearch-log-to-external-server/249785/4 "2020-09-24T14:55:08Z")

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your output would probably be another elasticsearch cluster (to prevent running in circles).

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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:** [October 22, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-elasticsearch-log-to-external-server/249785/5 "2020-10-22T14:55:29Z")

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