# Send data every two hours using logstash-forwarder

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-data-every-two-hours-using-logstash-forwarder/23970>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 19, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-data-every-two-hours-using-logstash-forwarder/23970 "2015-06-19T09:09:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Keshav\_Agarwal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Keshav\_Agarwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keshav_Agarwal)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-data-every-two-hours-using-logstash-forwarder/23970/1 "2015-06-19T09:09:03Z")

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I want to send logs using the forwarder once every two hours. Is there a setting through which I can do so or should I set up a cron job?

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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:** [June 21, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-data-every-two-hours-using-logstash-forwarder/23970/2 "2015-06-21T06:27:34Z")

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Cron is the way to do this, there's no scheduling like that in LS.

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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 6, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-data-every-two-hours-using-logstash-forwarder/23970/3 "2017-07-06T05:36:57Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 5:36am UTC