# Send logs from Windows without agent / winlogbeat / filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-logs-from-windows-without-agent-winlogbeat-filebeat/120600>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-logs-from-windows-without-agent-winlogbeat-filebeat/120600 "2018-02-20T10:03:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Roy\_Binderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Roy\_Binderman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roy_Binderman)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-logs-from-windows-without-agent-winlogbeat-filebeat/120600/1 "2018-02-20T10:03:50Z")

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Hi - I'm new to ELK-Stack, I've managed to install & config the ELK stack on Ubuntu server (I'm a professional Linux sysadmin...) and to setup the winlogbeat on a windows client, I wonder if there is a way to send logs from Windows machines to my ELK-Server without using / installing the agents on Windows clients  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-logs-from-windows-without-agent-winlogbeat-filebeat/120600/2 "2018-02-20T15:15:33Z")

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Hello,

There are a few ways to send data from windows machines to Elasticsearch:

- Use Winlogbeat
- Use Filebeat for text log.
- Use Nxlog to Logstash and to Elasticsearch

The easiest way is Winlogbeat / Filebeat, Is there any specific reason why you don't want to run theses agent on the windows machines?

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**Author:** ![Roy\_Binderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Roy\_Binderman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roy_Binderman)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-logs-from-windows-without-agent-winlogbeat-filebeat/120600/3 "2018-02-21T09:01:16Z")

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Hi Pier  
My company gives a third party security services so the Windows machines are owned by my clients, I would like to avoid installing agents if it's possible, if there is no other option I'll user winlogbeat

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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-logs-from-windows-without-agent-winlogbeat-filebeat/120600/4 "2018-02-21T14:35:47Z")

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Thanks for the clarification @Roy_Binderman,

Sadly there is no out of the box solution, so winlogbeat would be the way to go!

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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 21, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-logs-from-windows-without-agent-winlogbeat-filebeat/120600/5 "2018-03-21T14:36:30Z")

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