# Using Elasticsearch for NON weblogs
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-for-non-weblogs/10887
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 25, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-for-non-weblogs/10887 "2013-02-25T17:21:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Franks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Franks)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-for-non-weblogs/10887/1 "2013-02-25T17:21:05Z")
Hi gang,
I have a buttload of logs across a buttload of servers. I am NOT talking
web logs. I am talking about misc log files on U/Linux systems. Error logs,
security logs, access logs, _sometimes_ a web log, and other misc system
message logs. I want to use Elasticsearch for ALL my logs everywhere.
I assume this is what ES does and can easily handle it. Question is, how do
I point my logs from multiple systems to ES? For example, how would I point
/var/messages on machine A to ES running on machine B?
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### Author:  [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-for-non-weblogs/10887/2 "2013-02-25T17:23:28Z")
Did you look at rsyslog elasticsearch backend?
[http://wiki.rsyslog.com/index.php/HOWTO:\_rsyslog\_%2B\_elasticsearch](http://wiki.rsyslog.com/index.php/HOWTO:_rsyslog_%2B_elasticsearch)
Jörg
Am 25.02.13 18:21, schrieb Justin Franks:
> Question is, how do I point my logs from multiple systems to ES? For
> example, how would I point /var/messages on machine A to ES running on
> machine B?
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Franks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Franks)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-for-non-weblogs/10887/3 "2013-02-25T17:30:31Z")
Hi Jörg Prante,
No, I have not. I'l look at that.
Thanks for sharing
On Monday, February 25, 2013 9:21:05 AM UTC-8, Justin Franks wrote:
> Hi gang,
> I have a buttload of logs across a buttload of servers. I am NOT talking
> web logs. I am talking about misc log files on U/Linux systems. Error logs,
> security logs, access logs, _sometimes_ a web log, and other misc system
> message logs. I want to use Elasticsearch for ALL my logs everywhere.
> I assume this is what ES does and can easily handle it. Question is, how
> do I point my logs from multiple systems to ES? For example, how would I
> point /var/messages on machine A to ES running on machine B?
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### Author:  [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-for-non-weblogs/10887/4 "2013-02-25T20:29:39Z")
On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 09:21 -0800, Justin Franks wrote:
> Hi gang,
> I have a buttload of logs across a buttload of servers. I am NOT
> talking web logs. I am talking about misc log files on U/Linux
> systems. Error logs, security logs, access logs, _sometimes_ a web
> log, and other misc system message logs. I want to use Elasticsearch
> for ALL my logs everywhere.
> I assume this is what ES does and can easily handle it. Question is,
> how do I point my logs from multiple systems to ES? For example, how
> would I point /var/messages on machine A to ES running on machine B?
Have a look at logstash
> **[Logstash: Collect, Parse, Transform Logs | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/logstash)**
>
> Logstash (part of the Elastic Stack) integrates data from any source, in any format with this flexible, open source collection, parsing, and enrichment pipeline. Download for free.
clint
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-elasticsearch-for-non-weblogs/10887/5 "2017-07-06T02:49:37Z")