# Kibana to read logfile

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-read-logfile/111035>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 11, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-read-logfile/111035 "2017-12-11T08:43:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![nivedita\_singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nivedita\_singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nivedita_singh)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-read-logfile/111035/1 "2017-12-11T08:43:52Z")

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Hi ,

I am trying to use kibana in windows environment to read logfiles without using logstash.  
Wherever I have searched I got either curl command to run the log file in elasticsearch but i have no clue where to run it . Kindly help me with this to perform this in windows.

Thanks  
Nivedita

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-read-logfile/111035/2 "2017-12-11T08:46:13Z")

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Kibana is essentially a read only app that integrates with Elasticsearch only. It cannot read logfiles.

You will need Logstash or filebeat.

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**Author:** ![nivedita\_singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nivedita\_singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nivedita_singh)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-read-logfile/111035/3 "2017-12-11T10:27:41Z")

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There is this method given in one of the forum of kibana -  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-load-dataset.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-load-dataset.html)

It says in the end to run curl command in elasticsearch in bulk api , dont know exactly how do i do that?

Thanks

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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:** [January 8, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-read-logfile/111035/4 "2018-01-08T10:27:42Z")

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