# How to index postgresql database

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-postgresql-database/55048>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 8, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-postgresql-database/55048 "2016-07-08T12:31:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ggp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@ggp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ggp)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-postgresql-database/55048/1 "2016-07-08T12:31:04Z")

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i am new to ES using 2.3.x can someone point me to any docs on how we can index data from postgresql ? looks like rivers are deprecated since 1.5 [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/rivers/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/rivers/current/index.html)

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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:** [July 8, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-postgresql-database/55048/2 "2016-07-08T12:45:24Z")

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Use Logstash and its jdbc input plugin.

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**Author:** ![ggp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@ggp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ggp)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-postgresql-database/55048/3 "2016-07-08T12:51:41Z")

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oh great, didn't know log stash do that...got confused with word 'Log' 🙂

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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 5, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-postgresql-database/55048/4 "2017-07-05T22:37:05Z")

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