# What is the technology behind filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-technology-behind-filebeat/223306>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 12, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-technology-behind-filebeat/223306 "2020-03-12T10:10:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amine\_Maalfi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amine_maalfi/32/62335_2.png) [@Amine\_Maalfi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amine_Maalfi)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-technology-behind-filebeat/223306/1 "2020-03-12T10:10:54Z")

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i tried finding the answer on elastic site or github but i found nothing there.

i need to know what language/communication protocol is filebeat based on.

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**Author:** ![mtojek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mtojek/32/63863_2.png) [@mtojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtojek)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-technology-behind-filebeat/223306/2 "2020-03-12T11:34:13Z")

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I believe you can start digging information by watching some video resources about ELK. Then you can take a look at connecting filebeat with ELK stack. The best way to understand how does it work is to configure your own test cluster.

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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:** [April 9, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-technology-behind-filebeat/223306/3 "2020-04-09T11:34:22Z")

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