# Reading the logs from Remote server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-the-logs-from-remote-server/219840>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-the-logs-from-remote-server/219840 "2020-02-18T16:58:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-the-logs-from-remote-server/219840/1 "2020-02-18T16:58:40Z")

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Whether filebeat can read the logs from remote linux/Windows servers? Path field can be set to remote server folder path?

So is it possible to have multiple instances of filesbeats installed on a single server and they can read the different logs from remote servers?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-the-logs-from-remote-server/219840/2 "2020-02-18T18:12:22Z")

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Reading files from remote hosts via network volumes [is not recommended](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-network-volumes.html) and can cause problems. Best pracice is to deploy filebeat where the logs are generated.

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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-the-logs-from-remote-server/219840/3 "2020-02-18T18:16:20Z")

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Great. Thank you for your quick response.

Whether the filebeat does support reading file from a remote server?  
Primarily the PULL instead of PUSH.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-the-logs-from-remote-server/219840/4 "2020-02-18T18:23:33Z")

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Did you look at the link I provided?

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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 17, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-the-logs-from-remote-server/219840/5 "2020-03-17T18:23:34Z")

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