# Getting windows event log to elk server
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-windows-event-log-to-elk-server/35661
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 26, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-windows-event-log-to-elk-server/35661 "2015-11-26T11:59:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ShraddhaBandhakavi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ShraddhaBandhakavi)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-windows-event-log-to-elk-server/35661/1 "2015-11-26T11:59:52Z")
Hi All,
I am new to ELK. I have setup of ELK on Linux server.
I want to send windows event logs to elk server.
i am using NXlog to collect windows logs But i was unable to collect events.
please provide me basic steps how to proceed.
Thanx.
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-windows-event-log-to-elk-server/35661/2 "2015-11-26T12:28:53Z")
You've posted your question in the logstash-forwarder category but that piece of software does not and will never collect Windows event logs. However, Logstash has an [eventlog plugin](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-eventlog.html) and there's ongoing work to add a Beats program ([Winlogbeat](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-eventlog.htmlhttps://github.com/elastic/winlogbeat/issues/1)) for doing the same thing.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-windows-event-log-to-elk-server/35661/3 "2017-07-06T05:21:07Z")