# Importing lots from journald

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-lots-from-journald/66286>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 16, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-lots-from-journald/66286 "2016-11-16T18:21:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![levian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@levian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/levian)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-lots-from-journald/66286/1 "2016-11-16T18:21:25Z")

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I've written an HTTP server that outputs access logs to STDOUT. The server is setup as a service using systemd, so all the access logs end up in journald. I'm running the ELK stack on a second server that I would like to use to analyze the logs. How can I go about getting the journald logs from server A and into Logstash on server B? I've been reading about Filebeat but it seems that it won't work with journald?

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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:** [November 21, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-lots-from-journald/66286/2 "2016-11-21T06:42:23Z")

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Aren't these logs written to disk at some point?

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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 19, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-lots-from-journald/66286/3 "2016-12-19T06:42:51Z")

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Closed on December 19, 2016, 6:42am UTC

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