# Getting Topbeat stats from a remote server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [June 21, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551 "2016-06-21T18:05:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![aadiwarden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aadiwarden/32/31092_2.png) [@aadiwarden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aadiwarden)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551/1 "2016-06-21T18:05:16Z")

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Hi,

A little new to topbeat and didnt see any related article so I thought I'd ask.

Is it possible to gather the stats from a set of remote servers by installing topbeat only in the main server?  
If its something easy I've missed I apologize but I saw no such option in the configuration file for this property.

Best wishes,  
Aaditya Ramesh

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551/2 "2016-06-21T19:44:42Z")

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> Is it possible to gather the stats from a set of remote servers by installing topbeat only in the main server?

No, sorry.

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**Author:** ![aadiwarden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aadiwarden/32/31092_2.png) [@aadiwarden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aadiwarden)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551/3 "2016-06-21T20:17:33Z")

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Oh okay thanks.

So we have to install topbeat individually on all servers and then store the stats into the elasticsearch main server right? That seems to be the only other alternative.

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551/4 "2016-06-21T20:48:47Z")

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Yes, that's correct.

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**Author:** ![aadiwarden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aadiwarden/32/31092_2.png) [@aadiwarden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aadiwarden)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551/5 "2016-06-21T20:50:03Z")

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Thank you

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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:** [July 12, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-topbeat-stats-from-a-remote-server/53551/6 "2016-07-12T18:05:19Z")

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