# How can I connect Splunk to Elasticsearch without having to write scripts or re-index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-connect-splunk-to-elasticsearch-without-having-to-write-scripts-or-re-index/184840>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [June 8, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-connect-splunk-to-elasticsearch-without-having-to-write-scripts-or-re-index/184840 "2019-06-08T13:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![tabkha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tabkha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tabkha)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-connect-splunk-to-elasticsearch-without-having-to-write-scripts-or-re-index/184840/1 "2019-06-08T13:32:00Z")

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I'm moving from Splunk to Elastic but don't want to get rid of all the Splunk data at once, Im in a phase where I need Splunk and Elastic to talk to each others...Is that possible ? Are there any elastic connectors for Splunk ? I really want to avoid data movement and data copy...

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-connect-splunk-to-elasticsearch-without-having-to-write-scripts-or-re-index/184840/2 "2019-06-08T13:51:28Z")

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You can't use elasticsearch if you didn't index data into it.

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**Author:** ![tabkha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tabkha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tabkha)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-connect-splunk-to-elasticsearch-without-having-to-write-scripts-or-re-index/184840/3 "2019-06-09T05:00:55Z")

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is there any connector that I can use instead to read from Splunk ? something like beats or something for Splunk ?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-connect-splunk-to-elasticsearch-without-having-to-write-scripts-or-re-index/184840/4 "2019-06-09T06:41:39Z")

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No i don't think so. You need to export data from splunk and then read it with logstash.

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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 7, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-connect-splunk-to-elasticsearch-without-having-to-write-scripts-or-re-index/184840/5 "2019-07-07T06:41:42Z")

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