# Using ES to index a local instance of dynamoDb on Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-es-to-index-a-local-instance-of-dynamodb-on-windows/147069>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 3, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-es-to-index-a-local-instance-of-dynamodb-on-windows/147069 "2018-09-03T12:03:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![kalimist123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kalimist123/32/35096_2.png) [@kalimist123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kalimist123)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-es-to-index-a-local-instance-of-dynamodb-on-windows/147069/1 "2018-09-03T12:03:50Z")

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Folks, I want to get familiar with the full-text indexing abilities of ES against dynamoDB using a local dynamoDb instance. Is it possible to point ES at a local dynamoDB instance in this way?

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**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-es-to-index-a-local-instance-of-dynamodb-on-windows/147069/2 "2018-09-04T13:25:02Z")

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Elasticsearch itself has no mechanism to pull data from an external datasource like DynamoDB. You would use an ingestion tool like [Logstash](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/getting-started-with-logstash.html) for that.

It seems that [AWS has made a plugin for Logstash available](https://github.com/awslabs/logstash-input-dynamodb) that allows you to sync data from DynamoDB in near-real time. You can find more information on that plugin's Github repository: [https://github.com/awslabs/logstash-input-dynamodb](https://github.com/awslabs/logstash-input-dynamodb)

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**Author:** ![kalimist123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kalimist123/32/35096_2.png) [@kalimist123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kalimist123)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-es-to-index-a-local-instance-of-dynamodb-on-windows/147069/3 "2018-09-05T10:14:46Z")

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Thanks Abdon, looks like logstash is 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:** [October 3, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-es-to-index-a-local-instance-of-dynamodb-on-windows/147069/4 "2018-10-03T10:14:48Z")

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