# Where to check the logs which are sent by the filebeat plugin in logstash server?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-check-the-logs-which-are-sent-by-the-filebeat-plugin-in-logstash-server/37937>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 24, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-check-the-logs-which-are-sent-by-the-filebeat-plugin-in-logstash-server/37937 "2015-12-24T11:39:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-check-the-logs-which-are-sent-by-the-filebeat-plugin-in-logstash-server/37937/1 "2015-12-24T11:39:49Z")

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Please let me where to check the logs which are sent by the filebeat plugin

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**Author:** ![renevdm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/renevdm/32/5730_2.png) [@renevdm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/renevdm)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-check-the-logs-which-are-sent-by-the-filebeat-plugin-in-logstash-server/37937/2 "2015-12-27T20:10:18Z")

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What do you mean?

You need to use the beats input plugin in logstash. Also configure Filebeat to export to logstash using the portnumber you configured in logstash.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-check-the-logs-which-are-sent-by-the-filebeat-plugin-in-logstash-server/37937/3 "2017-07-06T05:17:17Z")

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