# Logstash agents without Go (CentOS 5)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-agents-without-go-centos-5/54856>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-agents-without-go-centos-5/54856 "2016-07-06T17:08:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![smilin\_stan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@smilin\_stan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smilin_stan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-agents-without-go-centos-5/54856/1 "2016-07-06T17:08:11Z")

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I have to collect log files from a number of servers that are running CentOS 5 which has no support for Go, which means no FileBeat.

Is there a tool for collecting/shipping log files that isn't written in Go?

Thanks for any pointers.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-agents-without-go-centos-5/54856/2 "2016-07-06T19:01:27Z")

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NXLog and Beaver are two examples.

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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:** [July 6, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-agents-without-go-centos-5/54856/3 "2016-07-06T21:01:29Z")

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rsyslog will work too.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-agents-without-go-centos-5/54856/4 "2017-07-06T04:49:14Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:49am UTC