# Learning to use Topbeat
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [November 30, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902 "2015-11-30T13:51:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@puneetaadit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/puneetaadit)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/1 "2015-11-30T13:51:44Z")
Dear All,
I am new to Topbeat and looking forward to learn it to monitor the system and its components. I have installed it on Windows and able to start it using Windows power shell but not able to move forward. If you please help me getting setup from scratch then it would be better for me.
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/2 "2015-11-30T14:01:23Z")
What does not being able to move forward mean? Have you followed the [getting started guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/topbeat/current/topbeat-getting-started.html)? Which [outputs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/topbeat/current/topbeat-configuration-options.html) have you configured?
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### Author:  [@puneetaadit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/puneetaadit)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/3 "2015-11-30T14:05:13Z")
Hi,
Many thanks for such prompt reply. I haven't configure any thing yet. Just running in circle. Could you please guide me. How can I monitor means how to setup the monitoring in my system.
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/4 "2015-11-30T14:44:14Z")
I would recommend following the getting started guide. This provides links to installing and setting up Elasticsearch and Kibana, which are used in the guide, as well as information about how to configure TopBeat.
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### Author:  [@puneetaadit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/puneetaadit)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/5 "2015-12-01T06:41:45Z")
Thanks.
I have installed elastic search and Kibana on my machine and able to see the GUI of both elastic search and Kibana. Now I want to integrate Topbeat with Kibana and elasticsearch. Could you please help me on the same.
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### Author:  [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/6 "2015-12-01T07:30:50Z")
The details on how to setup Topbeat and feed the data into Elasticsearch can be found here in the Getting Started Guide: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/topbeat/current/topbeat-getting-started.html#topbeat-installation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/topbeat/current/topbeat-getting-started.html#topbeat-installation)
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### Author:  [@puneetaadit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/puneetaadit)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/7 "2015-12-01T11:11:54Z")
Thanks Ruflin.
Could you please guide how to insert template in elastic search on windows machine. From tutorial, what I can see only for Linux & mac.
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### Author:  [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/8 "2015-12-01T11:47:44Z")
There is an open issue for adding Windows commands to the guide. In the meantime see the link below for an example of how to install a template from PowerShell.
[https://github.com/andrewkroh/winlogbeat/blob/feature/docs/docs/getting-started.asciidoc#loading-the-index-template-in-elasticsearch](https://github.com/andrewkroh/winlogbeat/blob/feature/docs/docs/getting-started.asciidoc#loading-the-index-template-in-elasticsearch)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/learning-to-use-topbeat/35902/9 "2017-07-05T21:57:51Z")