# Ingesting Winlogbeat File output Text file
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-winlogbeat-file-output-text-file/240925
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 13, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-winlogbeat-file-output-text-file/240925 "2020-07-13T08:44:11Z")
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### Author:  [@OntheHighSeas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/OntheHighSeas)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-winlogbeat-file-output-text-file/240925/1 "2020-07-13T08:44:11Z")
Hi,
Apologies if this should be in the Beats section, though I think it should be Logstash.
I need to ingest WInlogbeat events from a system which has WinlogBeats installed but is using a File output, rather than Logstash or Elastic. I'm then retrieving the files, they're located on a completely different isolated environment. That's the reason for the unusual configuration. I'm unsure how I should go about ingesting the JSON in the text files. I'm assuming there is a trick which will we see Logstash immediately understand the structure of the document and I don't need to worry about the writing a Filter.
Or should I be attempting to use Filebeats
I'm using v7.8
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-winlogbeat-file-output-text-file/240925/2 "2020-08-10T08:44:34Z")
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