# Winlogbeat wont send logs
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-wont-send-logs/162288
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** winlogbeat
**Created:** [December 27, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-wont-send-logs/162288 "2018-12-27T21:38:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@kevin.baker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kevin.baker)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-wont-send-logs/162288/1 "2018-12-27T21:38:37Z")
Forgive me, Ive been using Elk for less than a week. i am trying to get windows logs forwarded to Logstash, but cant seem to get them to go. I have seen a few different setups with SSL Certs and what not, are those required? I have only just configured the ELK stack so we dont have anything else in it at the moment. ITs likely that ive just missed a step or two in the configuration process. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Kevin
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### Author:  [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-wont-send-logs/162288/2 "2019-01-02T12:36:54Z")
If you follow the [Winlogbeat getting started guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/winlogbeat-getting-started.html), you should get it working.
Certificates are optional, but it's highly recommended to setup encryption and authentication in production environments.
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### Author:  [@drivera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/drivera)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-wont-send-logs/162288/3 "2019-01-02T19:01:13Z")
Are you sure you are connecting to the LS host? Are you sure your configuration file is correct? You can check both by running the following two commands:
winlogbeat.exe test config
winlogbeat.exe test output
If everything looks good, check the port in LS you are sending to. Are you getting a TCP connection or is the port even listening. I use
%netstat -an |grep "port number"
Good luck
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-wont-send-logs/162288/4 "2019-01-30T19:01:16Z")
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