# Logstash in reading files/ documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 10, 2016, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418 "2016-06-10T07:26:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418/1 "2016-06-10T07:26:29Z")

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I would like to know if there are any ways that a logstash configuration file can read through different documents, i.e. docx, pdf, excels, and store them into elasticsearch.

Great thanks in advance.

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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:** [June 13, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418/2 "2016-06-13T20:11:01Z")

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I don't believe there are any stock plugins for this in Logstash. The [Mapper Attachments plugin for ES](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/master/mapper-attachments.html) might be of interest to you.

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**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418/3 "2016-06-14T02:19:15Z")

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Then how about reading data from oracle database, is it possible for logstash to do that?

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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:** [June 14, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418/4 "2016-06-14T05:42:10Z")

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Look at the jdbc input.

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**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418/5 "2016-06-14T06:47:42Z")

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Thanks, it helps the database part.

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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, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-in-reading-files-documents/52418/6 "2017-07-06T04:53:10Z")

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