# Logstash input via website user file upload

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-via-website-user-file-upload/263994>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-via-website-user-file-upload/263994 "2021-02-11T10:42:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Jankech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/daniel_jankech/32/77691_2.png) [@Daniel\_Jankech](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel_Jankech)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-via-website-user-file-upload/263994/1 "2021-02-11T10:42:19Z")

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Hi, Im very new to the whole ELK stack and Im still learning. For my current project Im required to process some MongoDB log files uploaded by user through our website and I have trouble figuring out how I should configure my input at all. For now I managed to use the file input, but only locally and add basic filter function.

My other question is... Could I do this process without running the elasticsearch on the website ? All I need is for logstash to parse my .log file into something I can process slightly better since I plan to be doing data visualization myself.

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-via-website-user-file-upload/263994/2 "2021-02-11T19:58:12Z")

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To answer your second question, there is no requirement to use other parts of the elastic stack. You can use logstash to process a file to a file in another format.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Jankech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/daniel_jankech/32/77691_2.png) [@Daniel\_Jankech](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel_Jankech)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-via-website-user-file-upload/263994/3 "2021-02-12T10:16:54Z")

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Thank you, that might help a bit:)

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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:** [March 12, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-via-website-user-file-upload/263994/4 "2021-03-12T10:16:58Z")

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