# To collect logs from remote server
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-collect-logs-from-remote-server/227798
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-collect-logs-from-remote-server/227798 "2020-04-13T16:09:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rakeshraagu2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rakeshraagu2)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-collect-logs-from-remote-server/227798/1 "2020-04-13T16:09:53Z")
Hi all,
I have a elk stack on my server which consists of elasticsearch,beats and kibana. Now I need to collect logs from a remote server using filebeat. What all configurations are need to done on the elk node and remote node. Kindly help.
Thank you in advance
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-collect-logs-from-remote-server/227798/2 "2020-04-13T16:38:41Z")
Install Filebeat on the remote server and point it to you Elasticsearch cluster.
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### Author:  [@rakeshraagu2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rakeshraagu2)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-collect-logs-from-remote-server/227798/3 "2020-04-13T18:32:09Z")
Done,
Working now.
I cant see any data stored under my /var/lib/elasticsearch. Where does elasticsearch stores the data collected? Please help
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-collect-logs-from-remote-server/227798/4 "2020-05-11T18:32:11Z")
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