# Is there a Beat that reads from DynamoDB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434 "2016-11-17T17:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teebu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teebu/32/10119_2.png) [@teebu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teebu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/1 "2016-11-17T17:22:21Z")
I am currently using logstash plugin to sync data from AWS dynamodb, is it possible to use one of the beats products to accomplish the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/2 "2016-11-17T17:39:45Z")
To what blog post are you referring? ---
**Author:** ![teebu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teebu/32/10119_2.png) [@teebu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teebu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/3 "2016-11-17T18:23:50Z")
> **[Using Beats with Amazon AWS](https://www.elastic.co/blog/using-beats-with-elasticsearch-on-aws)** > > Instructions for running local Beats and feeding a remote Elasticsearch cluster on Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2. ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/4 "2016-11-17T18:33:02Z")
None of the Elastic Beats or any of the [community beats](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/community-beats.html) on our list read from DynamoDB. ---
**Author:** ![teebu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teebu/32/10119_2.png) [@teebu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teebu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/5 "2016-11-17T18:34:05Z")
I know. I was wondering if its possible or something someone might be interested in making. ---
**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/6 "2016-11-18T13:20:59Z")
That sounds a lot like a Logstash task as it does not have to run on the edge node. Are there any issues with using LS for this usecase or why would you prefer a beat? ---
**Author:** ![teebu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teebu/32/10119_2.png) [@teebu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teebu)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/7 "2016-11-18T18:05:44Z")
The logstash plugin stopped development a long time ago, I was looking for alternatives. Logstash already runs on a machine, so running a beat on the same machine wouldn't be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-beat-that-reads-from-dynamodb/66434/8 "2016-12-08T17:22:55Z")
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