# S3 plugin with path wildcard support

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-plugin-with-path-wildcard-support/103550>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 11, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-plugin-with-path-wildcard-support/103550 "2017-10-11T13:18:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![djoels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@djoels](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djoels)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-plugin-with-path-wildcard-support/103550/1 "2017-10-11T13:18:21Z")

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The same message has been popping up for a while now: it would be really handy if an existing ELK setup could be moved to the cloud, and part of this is of course porting the file plugin to s3 (or am I missing another option?).

This process appears rather straightforward if you are watching a single file, yet having a "path" (as it is called in the file plugin) with wildcards, such as this, doesn't appear to be supported.

file {  
path =\> "d:/elasticdata/\*\*/server.log\*"  
}

Is this a planned future feature? Or are there technical limitations that I should be aware of (which prevent this)?

PS: I certainly hope this will not become the next "closed after 28 days of inactivity" message on exactly the same topic...

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-plugin-with-path-wildcard-support/103550/2 "2017-10-17T18:51:25Z")

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Have you looked for a GitHub issue that covers this use case? If none exists I suggest you create one.

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**Author:** ![djoels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@djoels](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djoels)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-plugin-with-path-wildcard-support/103550/3 "2017-11-02T14:36:27Z")

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Issue posted on logstash's github repo: [http://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/8570](http://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/8570)

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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:** [November 30, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-plugin-with-path-wildcard-support/103550/4 "2017-11-30T14:36:58Z")

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Closed on November 30, 2017, 2:36pm UTC

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