# Requirements for sending logs from the Domain Controller

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requirements-for-sending-logs-from-the-domain-controller/134322>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 3, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requirements-for-sending-logs-from-the-domain-controller/134322 "2018-06-03T16:22:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Reverse\_Flash\_DC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Reverse\_Flash\_DC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Reverse_Flash_DC)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requirements-for-sending-logs-from-the-domain-controller/134322/1 "2018-06-03T16:22:10Z")

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Is it possible to send logs to my cloud from a Domain Controller?  
What I need?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requirements-for-sending-logs-from-the-domain-controller/134322/2 "2018-06-04T09:17:55Z")

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Is your Domain Controller writing the logs to a file?

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**Author:** ![Reverse\_Flash\_DC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Reverse\_Flash\_DC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Reverse_Flash_DC)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requirements-for-sending-logs-from-the-domain-controller/134322/3 "2018-06-04T13:51:42Z")

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I would like them to be monitored directly in my cloud but I do not know if it is possible.

What are my possibilities? Should I have them written in a log?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requirements-for-sending-logs-from-the-domain-controller/134322/4 "2018-06-04T19:33:03Z")

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Filebeat can read from a log file, but also stdin and in future release tcp and syslog. As files also provide a buffer and most tools allow to write logs to files, that is the approach i would recommend first.

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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, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requirements-for-sending-logs-from-the-domain-controller/134322/5 "2018-07-02T19:33:08Z")

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