# Input / Index configuration for log browsing. Differences due to disabled xpack?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-index-configuration-for-log-browsing-differences-due-to-disabled-xpack/253427>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 27, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-index-configuration-for-log-browsing-differences-due-to-disabled-xpack/253427 "2020-10-27T11:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndreasS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@AndreasS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndreasS)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-index-configuration-for-log-browsing-differences-due-to-disabled-xpack/253427/1 "2020-10-27T11:21:32Z")

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Hello,  
sorry for the absolute noob question.

Edit: just found the solution myself. Please ignore it, nothing interesting to see here anymore... 😉

I am looking for a solution to brows all my codes (running in some Docker containers) logs in a single place. Hence, I followed [easy starter HOWTO for ELK](https://medium.com/swlh/python-async-logging-to-an-elk-stack-35498432cb0a) to have a minimal docker-compose setup. It utilises a Python logger to send the data directly over tcp/ip to elasticsearch without using Beats.

Trying to setup following fields _host_, _process_, _thread_, _logger name_, _log.level_ in my **logs** view I found [this manual page](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logs/guide/current/configure-logs-source.html). I can't find this mentioned settings, especially the mentioned buttons. Is this because of I have disabled xpack? in my elasticsearch.yml config file?

```
xpack.license.self_generated.type: basic
xpack.security.enabled: true
xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled: true

```

Thanks for your input.  
Andreas

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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:** [November 24, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-index-configuration-for-log-browsing-differences-due-to-disabled-xpack/253427/2 "2020-11-24T11:21:32Z")

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