# Journalbeat + monitoring API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-monitoring-api/108718>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 22, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-monitoring-api/108718 "2017-11-22T13:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![moriol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@moriol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moriol)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-monitoring-api/108718/1 "2017-11-22T13:28:41Z")

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I am installing Jouralbeat on my server and I see I can specify journalbeat configuration to monitor specific systemd services. I have a house build API, which logs to a unique log file, under /var/log.  
Is it possible to configure Journalbeat to collect the logs/output from that specific API? I want to then place them into ElasticSearch.

Any advice appreciated.

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-monitoring-api/108718/2 "2017-11-23T09:50:51Z")

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For normal log files, use filebeat. We're looking for integration journald support into filebeat as well (still some way to go).

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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:** [December 20, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-monitoring-api/108718/3 "2017-12-20T13:28:45Z")

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