# Where are the logs stored?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-the-logs-stored/84218>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 2, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-the-logs-stored/84218 "2017-05-02T08:22:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrunoC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@BrunoC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BrunoC)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-the-logs-stored/84218/1 "2017-05-02T08:22:02Z")

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Hi there,

I'm currently setting up the ELK suite with pfSense. I will use the pfSense UI to redirect the log to the server where ELK will be installed. My question is, where will the raw logs of pfSense will be stored? I need to keep them somewhere but I don't know what will happen to them if I send them in the server through the Logstash port.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-the-logs-stored/84218/2 "2017-05-02T08:35:03Z")

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Once an event hits LS it is altered, we add things like the timestamp and change it to json (by default).  
So neither LS or ES store the _raw_ logs.

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**Author:** ![BrunoC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@BrunoC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BrunoC)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-the-logs-stored/84218/3 "2017-05-02T08:37:14Z")

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Is there a way to store the logs and then send the to Logstash?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-the-logs-stored/84218/4 "2017-05-02T08:57:10Z")

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Most likely, I don't know what that would look like as I don't know how pfsense logs.

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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:** [May 30, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-the-logs-stored/84218/5 "2017-05-30T09:09:01Z")

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