# Send real-time logs from windows server to ELK stack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-real-time-logs-from-windows-server-to-elk-stack/78170>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-real-time-logs-from-windows-server-to-elk-stack/78170 "2017-03-10T16:41:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![dcdfs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dcdfs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dcdfs)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-real-time-logs-from-windows-server-to-elk-stack/78170/1 "2017-03-10T16:41:52Z")

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Hi,

I'm new to elasticsearch I have a requirement to send a specific log file(not .log format) from a remote location to ELK stack on another server(linux).

What is the best approach for this? I looked at filebeat, but this need to be real-time.

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-real-time-logs-from-windows-server-to-elk-stack/78170/2 "2017-03-10T23:45:31Z")

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Filebeat will send the log lines as they are written to the log files. You should be able to use it for your task.

And if the data you want to send is contained in Windows Event Logs then use Winlogbeat.

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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 31, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-real-time-logs-from-windows-server-to-elk-stack/78170/3 "2017-03-31T16:42:03Z")

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