title: Collect log files from FTP into Logstash/Elasticsearch
body: <p>I am investigated the Elastic stack for collecting logs files. As I understand, Elasticsearch is used for storage and indexing, and Logstash for parsing them. There is also Filebeat that can send the files to the Logstash server.</p>
  
  <p>But it seems like this entire stack assumes that you have root access to the server that is producing the logs. In my case, I don't have root access, but I have FTP access to the files. I looked at various input plugins for Logstash, but couldn't find something suitable.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a component of the Elastic system that can help with this setup, without requiring me to write (error-prone) custom code?</p>