# On what all platforms/server/FTPs, i can configure filebeats in realtime application project, which platform is the best?

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**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/on-what-all-platforms-server-ftps-i-can-configure-filebeats-in-realtime-application-project-which-platform-is-the-best/235729 "2020-06-04T10:19:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jagadish1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jagadish1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jagadish1)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/on-what-all-platforms-server-ftps-i-can-configure-filebeats-in-realtime-application-project-which-platform-is-the-best/235729/1 "2020-06-04T10:19:21Z")

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Hello,  
I want to use the filebeats for shipping logs of my application and send to kafka cluster(log ingestion).

So, where can i host the filebeat in project realtime, is it either on vm/webserver/containers/ftp ? and which approach is best to deploy the filebeat with pros.

Thanks  
Jag

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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 2, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/on-what-all-platforms-server-ftps-i-can-configure-filebeats-in-realtime-application-project-which-platform-is-the-best/235729/2 "2020-07-02T12:19:21Z")

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