# Install Filebeat in remote server (Different from log servers)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-in-remote-server-different-from-log-servers/86692>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-in-remote-server-different-from-log-servers/86692 "2017-05-22T15:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThaPoox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ThaPoox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThaPoox)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-in-remote-server-different-from-log-servers/86692/1 "2017-05-22T15:26:52Z")

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I have 4 servers to check logs from, but I don't have access to install stuff in them, so I can't install Filebeat there.  
So I installed Filebeat locally (Just to test), and I was wondering if there's any way to get the logs from those servers? Like, configure Filebeat to retrieve the logs from the servers, so I can send them to Logstash and do the rest.  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![kalman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kalman/32/49563_2.png) [@kalman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kalman)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-in-remote-server-different-from-log-servers/86692/2 "2017-05-23T07:57:24Z")

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you can use a network path or valume in the filebeat config file to get the logs

for information about network paths with filebeat: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/faq.html#filebeat-network-volumes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/faq.html#filebeat-network-volumes)

filebeat file config:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-path.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-path.html)

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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:** [June 20, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-in-remote-server-different-from-log-servers/86692/3 "2017-06-20T07:57:50Z")

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