# Where can I find the "Index Pattern" in the console command?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-find-the-index-pattern-in-the-console-command/199724>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-find-the-index-pattern-in-the-console-command/199724 "2019-09-16T20:46:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rosho](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rosho/32/51872_2.png) [@Rosho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rosho)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-find-the-index-pattern-in-the-console-command/199724/1 "2019-09-16T20:46:34Z")

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Hi

Where can I find the "Path" in the console to the index patterns?

By path I mean something like this: /usr/share/kibana/

By index pattern I mean: humhub-2019.0\*

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-find-the-index-pattern-in-the-console-command/199724/2 "2019-09-16T21:29:45Z")

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Hey @Rosho, index-patterns are not stored on the Kibana server's filesystem. Instead, they are persisted to a document in the `.kibana_*` indices (which the `.kibana` alias points at). You can interact with all saved-objects in Kibana using the UI or the [Saved Object APIs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/saved-objects-api.html).

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**Author:** ![Rosho](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rosho/32/51872_2.png) [@Rosho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rosho)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-find-the-index-pattern-in-the-console-command/199724/3 "2019-09-17T13:54:25Z")

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Hi @Brandon_Kobel

My situation is the following: I have a virtual machine with Elasticsearch and Kibana. It is a virtual machine because I do not want to mess up with the production servers.  
Now I need to send some logs to it. I thought that I could just use an SFTP server and send them. But I do not know where to send them.

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-find-the-index-pattern-in-the-console-command/199724/4 "2019-09-17T14:44:51Z")

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Kibana reads all of it's data from Elasticsearch. You'll need to ingest your logs into Elasticsearch to use them with Kibana. Elasticsearch uses a restful HTTP API for inserting documents, but you can various Beats to ship your logs into Elasicsearch. I'd recommend starting by taking a look at [Filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.3/filebeat-getting-started.html).

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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 15, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-can-i-find-the-index-pattern-in-the-console-command/199724/5 "2019-10-15T14:44:57Z")

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