# Log4j socket appender - filebeat

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-socket-appender-filebeat/273205
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-socket-appender-filebeat/273205 "2021-05-17T17:25:05Z")
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### Author: ![Akhil2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Akhil2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akhil2)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-socket-appender-filebeat/273205/1 "2021-05-17T17:25:05Z")

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Hello there,

I want to use filebeat to collect log4j logs and send directly to Elasticsearch. I tried to find some relevant information but mostly it is about Logstash. can anyone please give me more information on this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Akhil

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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: [June 14, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-socket-appender-filebeat/273205/2 "2021-06-14T19:25:53Z")

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