# Rsyslog vs filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rsyslog-vs-filebeat/257904>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 7, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rsyslog-vs-filebeat/257904 "2020-12-07T19:46:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![droidus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@droidus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/droidus)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rsyslog-vs-filebeat/257904/1 "2020-12-07T19:46:36Z")

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What is the best way to monitor my hosts? Should I stand up a rsyslog server, and then have clients send logs there, then forward to logstash, or should the clients just send them right to logstash?

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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:** [December 7, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rsyslog-vs-filebeat/257904/2 "2020-12-07T22:07:01Z")

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Up to you, your requirements and your environment.

Filebeat direct to Elasticsearch removes a lot of complexity.

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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:** [January 5, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rsyslog-vs-filebeat/257904/3 "2021-01-05T00:07:04Z")

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