# Logstash architecture **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [June 12, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983 "2017-06-12T07:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fly/32/17992_2.png) [@Fly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/1 "2017-06-12T07:31:04Z")
hi admin I want to ask, Logstash architecture is similar to ELK architecture??? ---
**Author:** ![pts0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pts0/32/17811_2.png) [@pts0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pts0)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/2 "2017-06-12T07:42:48Z")
Hi, I m not admin, but this is a forum and think should not ping admin. There are here only to administrate forum, is not a support platform. Anyway ... can you tell us what u would like to know. What u mean with logstash architechture and how to compare it with ELK (Elastic, logstash, Kibana). pts0 ---
**Author:** ![Fly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fly/32/17992_2.png) [@Fly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/3 "2017-06-12T07:49:34Z")
Hi Pts0, Thanks for answering I read James Turnbull's book The logstash book And I see the logstash architecture as follows: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/0/a0b31569fd2cb65bc45a80235ee8344839e96616.png) The architecture of the above logstash is true or false ---
**Author:** ![pts0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pts0/32/17811_2.png) [@pts0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pts0)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/4 "2017-06-12T07:56:25Z")
How can I tell you if is true or false for an architechture ... What u are posting there is a possible setup / architecture for the elastic stack. Logstash or beat can be used as shipper, broker/indexer/search storage may be elasticsearch and web interface ist the windows to you data, Kibana. You may tell us what is the use case u trying to solve and we can help you (and maybe logstash forum is not the right place to post). PS: i didn't read the James Turnbull book, maybe i m totally wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Fly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fly/32/17992_2.png) [@Fly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/5 "2017-06-12T08:12:08Z")
Huhu i'm writing about logstash for my essay and i have shown the architecture of logstash including the above components. And my teacher says it's not the Logstash architecture. the logstash architecture only includes input filter and output So I want to ask again about the architecture of logstash ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/6 "2017-06-12T08:12:40Z")
This is the architecture of a complete system including several components. Logstash is typically used as an indexer, but can also be used as a shipper. Search storage refers to Elasticsearch while the Web interface generally is Kibana. Have you read [this description of how Logstash works](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/pipeline.html)? [This blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/a-history-of-logstash-output-workers) also talks about the evolution of Logstash and will give you insights into the architecture. ---
**Author:** ![Fly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fly/32/17992_2.png) [@Fly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/7 "2017-06-12T09:38:34Z")
Hi Christian\_Dahlqvist Logstash has a log management function? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/8 "2017-06-12T09:42:10Z")
I do not understand your question. Please read [the introduction to Logstash](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/introduction.html) and have a look at [how it fits in within an ingestion pipeline](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/deploying-and-scaling.html). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-architecture/88983/9 "2017-07-10T09:42:10Z")
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