# Integrate Kibana with an external logging agent

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-kibana-with-an-external-logging-agent/341523>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-kibana-with-an-external-logging-agent/341523 "2023-08-24T01:11:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![quarkytale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quarkytale/32/124913_2.png) [@quarkytale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/quarkytale)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-kibana-with-an-external-logging-agent/341523/1 "2023-08-24T01:11:25Z")

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Is it possible to integrate Kibana with an external logging agent instead of using Elasticsearch. Would appreciate any resources on the same, especially message formats and configuration details.

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-kibana-with-an-external-logging-agent/341523/2 "2023-08-24T01:32:45Z")

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> [@quarkytale](#):
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> Is it possible to integrate Kibana with an external logging agent instead of using Elasticsearch.

It is not possible, Kibana only works with Elasticsearch.

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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:** [September 21, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrate-kibana-with-an-external-logging-agent/341523/3 "2023-09-21T01:33:36Z")

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