# Logstash and grok

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-grok/170859
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-grok/170859 "2019-03-05T09:55:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-grok/170859/1 "2019-03-05T09:55:22Z")

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What if i import logs without using any grok?

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### Author: ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-grok/170859/2 "2019-03-05T10:34:18Z")

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Those messages are directly get processed into the elasticsearch without any segregation

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### Author: ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-grok/170859/3 "2019-03-05T11:47:49Z")

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So if I don't use any grok just import the logs via filebeat (giving output to elasticsearch in grok (logstash)) then can i import any kind of logs via filebeat?

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### Author: ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-grok/170859/4 "2019-03-05T11:55:57Z")

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yes you can import

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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: [April 2, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-and-grok/170859/5 "2019-04-02T11:56:28Z")

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