# Question about log with winlogbeat and logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-log-with-winlogbeat-and-logstash/163228>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-log-with-winlogbeat-and-logstash/163228 "2019-01-07T14:48:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thibaut603](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Thibaut603](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thibaut603)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-log-with-winlogbeat-and-logstash/163228/1 "2019-01-07T14:48:23Z")

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Hello,

I'm student and i need to collect log on Active directory so i will install winlogbeat on it to send event log on logstash but i've a question because this AD is very sensitive pour the enterprise. My question is when winlogbeat send event log to logstash. he will store the logs in ./ProgramDate/winlogbeat/Logs. Winlogbeat delete those log or he will keep those log ?

In my case i have Winlogbeat =\> logstash =\> elastic \<= kibana

I hope to be clear.

thx for help

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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:** [January 7, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-log-with-winlogbeat-and-logstash/163228/2 "2019-01-07T21:28:36Z")

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> [@Thibaut603](#):
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> My question is when winlogbeat send event log to logstash. he will store the logs in ./ProgramDate/winlogbeat/Logs.

These are the logs that Winlogbeat generates for itself, it's not the data that is it processing.

> [@Thibaut603](#):
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> Winlogbeat delete those log or he will keep those log ?

It will not delete them, no.

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**Author:** ![Thibaut603](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Thibaut603](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thibaut603)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-log-with-winlogbeat-and-logstash/163228/3 "2019-01-08T08:35:59Z")

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ok thx for answer

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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:** [February 5, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-log-with-winlogbeat-and-logstash/163228/4 "2019-02-05T08:36:06Z")

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