# Ingest node or logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 21, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547 "2019-09-21T20:51:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ankit\_Sawant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankit_sawant/32/46158_2.png) [@Ankit\_Sawant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankit_Sawant)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547/1 "2019-09-21T20:51:38Z")

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I want to read log files from a folder into which a new file is added every 1 hour.I need to filter these files.  
Which processing element should i choose ingest node or logStash ?  
please explain reasons also as i have to explain the same to my lead

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547/2 "2019-09-21T21:00:14Z")

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Have a look at [this blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/should-i-use-logstash-or-elasticsearch-ingest-nodes). Ingest pipelines have added capabilities since that was written, so I would recommend Filebeat and ingest nodes unless you have input or output plugins that are only supported by Logstash.

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**Author:** ![Ankit\_Sawant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankit_sawant/32/46158_2.png) [@Ankit\_Sawant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankit_Sawant)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547/3 "2019-09-22T05:52:47Z")

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thanks for your help. I am from electronics background i am following an udemy course for learning elasticsearch and kibana but I have not found any tutorial for ingest node and reading the documentation is time consuming . Every tutorial is using logtstash.Can you suggest me some video tutorials for ingest node.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547/4 "2019-09-22T08:08:42Z")

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I don't know of any videos as I rely on the documentation, but have a look at the following resources:

> **[A New Way To Ingest - Part 1](https://www.elastic.co/blog/new-way-to-ingest-part-1)**
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> Elasticsearch 5 allows changing data right before indexing it, for example extracting fields or looking up IP addresses.

> **[A New Way To Ingest - Part 2](https://www.elastic.co/blog/new-way-to-ingest-part-2)**
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> Ingest Nodes in the Elastic Stack 5 allow indexing data directly from Filebeat and Winlogbeat into Elasticsearch and visualizing it with Kibana.

> **[Loading large datasets into the ELK Stack using Filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/loading-large-datasets-into-the-elk-stack-using-filebeat)**
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> Filebeat is a lightweight shipper for loading data into Elasticsearch, the heart of the Elastic Stack (formerly known as the ELK Stack). You can use Filebeat to ingest JSON data in bulk.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.3/ingest.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.3/ingest.html)

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**Author:** ![Ankit\_Sawant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankit_sawant/32/46158_2.png) [@Ankit\_Sawant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankit_Sawant)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547/5 "2019-09-22T09:18:15Z")

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thank you

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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:** [October 20, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-node-or-logstash/200547/6 "2019-10-20T09:18:23Z")

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