# How to setup File Beat for Logstash and Compare the Logstash vs Filebeat, Which one we can use?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-file-beat-for-logstash-and-compare-the-logstash-vs-filebeat-which-one-we-can-use/73537
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [February 1, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-file-beat-for-logstash-and-compare-the-logstash-vs-filebeat-which-one-we-can-use/73537 "2017-02-01T15:13:05Z")
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### Author:  [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-file-beat-for-logstash-and-compare-the-logstash-vs-filebeat-which-one-we-can-use/73537/1 "2017-02-01T15:13:05Z")
Hi am newbie for ELK stack.. I want to automate the file parsing insertion into the Elastic search via Log stash. How to configure the Filebeat in windows 10?
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### Author:  [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-file-beat-for-logstash-and-compare-the-logstash-vs-filebeat-which-one-we-can-use/73537/2 "2017-02-02T08:02:27Z")
Best is to follow the getting started guide here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-getting-started.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-getting-started.html)
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### Author:  [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-file-beat-for-logstash-and-compare-the-logstash-vs-filebeat-which-one-we-can-use/73537/3 "2017-02-02T13:10:38Z")
What is the difference between Logstash and FileBeat?
Which one we can use at which scenario?
Thanks...
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### Author:  [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-file-beat-for-logstash-and-compare-the-logstash-vs-filebeat-which-one-we-can-use/73537/4 "2017-02-02T19:40:14Z")
In short, filebeat is for your edge nodes, logstash is more a very powerful server side component for processing and much more. So it can very well be you need Filebeat to read your logs, and Logstash to process your logs.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-file-beat-for-logstash-and-compare-the-logstash-vs-filebeat-which-one-we-can-use/73537/5 "2017-03-02T19:40:28Z")
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