# How can I to install beats on as/400?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-to-install-beats-on-as-400/188411>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [July 1, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-to-install-beats-on-as-400/188411 "2019-07-01T21:34:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-to-install-beats-on-as-400/188411/5 "2019-07-03T17:59:35Z")

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Hi, I think the best solution to collect logs from the AS/400 is to forward them to a syslog server. @andrewkroh provided a good overview of the process here:

> [@Ibm as/400](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ibm-as-400/72769):
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> Hi, i wanted to know the options for connecting to an AS 400 machine. And also can ELK be used for AS 400. Kindly help me out . slight_smile

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