# Question about auditbeat and squid

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246 "2020-08-25T07:59:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ThreatInter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@ThreatInter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThreatInter)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246/1 "2020-08-25T07:59:15Z")

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We have squid proxy server, that writes it 's logs in /var/log directory. And we want to monitor it by auditbeat. Is it possible?If yes how we should do it?

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Castro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_castro/32/35107_2.png) [@Mario\_Castro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_Castro)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246/2 "2020-08-25T10:34:12Z")

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Hi @ThreatInter 🙂

Why don't you use Filebeat to fetch those logs using the provided `squid` module? [https://www.elastic.co/beats/filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/beats/filebeat)

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**Author:** ![ThreatInter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@ThreatInter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThreatInter)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246/3 "2020-08-25T10:47:02Z")

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Thank you for your answer. We already using auditbeat at this machine, so we don't think that one more beat is good idea.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246/4 "2020-08-26T00:45:33Z")

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Auditbeat won't read those logs, you will either need to install Filebeat or take a look at the new [Elastic Agent](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ingest-management/current/elastic-agent-installation.html).

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**Author:** ![ThreatInter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@ThreatInter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThreatInter)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246/5 "2020-08-26T09:20:40Z")

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Ok i got it. Thank you.

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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:** [September 23, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-auditbeat-and-squid/246246/6 "2020-09-23T11:20:43Z")

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