# Logstash position in ELK

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-position-in-elk/42225>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 19, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-position-in-elk/42225 "2016-02-19T09:51:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@gringo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gringo)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-position-in-elk/42225/1 "2016-02-19T09:51:07Z")

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I have mostly seen Logstash at the front of the ELK to parse data into structured form and transmit it into elasticsearch. In what situation will I need to place logstash in between elasticsearch and kibana? Should ETL be done at the start with logstash or in between elasticsearch and kibana?

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**Author:** ![ebuildy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ebuildy/32/6070_2.png) [@ebuildy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebuildy)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-position-in-elk/42225/2 "2016-02-19T13:12:04Z")

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Kibana queries elasticsearch, with aggregations queries, using elasticsearch HTTP API.

No need something between.

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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 5, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-position-in-elk/42225/3 "2017-07-05T23:14:55Z")

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