# How to ship slow log to kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ship-slow-log-to-kibana/109410>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ship-slow-log-to-kibana/109410 "2017-11-28T14:11:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moadh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/moadh/32/24783_2.png) [@Moadh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Moadh)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ship-slow-log-to-kibana/109410/1 "2017-11-28T14:11:45Z")

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Hi, I am wondering if there is a way to ship elasticsearch slow.log to display it in kibana, maybe via X-Pack.  
Without having to use FileBeats and logstash on each node.

Thanks a lot.  
Moadh

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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:** [November 28, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ship-slow-log-to-kibana/109410/2 "2017-11-28T14:49:51Z")

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I don’t think there’s anything like that.

Filebeat is the best option IMHO.

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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:** [December 26, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ship-slow-log-to-kibana/109410/3 "2017-12-26T14:50:38Z")

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