# Can filebeat export syslogs to remote syslog-server?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-filebeat-export-syslogs-to-remote-syslog-server/117912>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-filebeat-export-syslogs-to-remote-syslog-server/117912 "2018-01-31T23:40:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![vramakrishnan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vramakrishnan/32/31750_2.png) [@vramakrishnan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vramakrishnan)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-filebeat-export-syslogs-to-remote-syslog-server/117912/1 "2018-01-31T23:40:30Z")

</div>

Without using Logstash, is there a way to export syslog messages using Filebeat to Remote Syslog-server ?

Looking at filebeat documentation for output options, I dont see remote logging to syslog-server. Looks like logstash is needed, but would like to avoid more components in the pipeline if Filebeat can export direclty.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-filebeat-export-syslogs-to-remote-syslog-server/117912/2 "2018-02-01T11:26:15Z")

</div>

No, filebeat doesn't have a syslog output, so you need Logstash for that. Sorry.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-filebeat-export-syslogs-to-remote-syslog-server/117912/3 "2018-03-01T11:26:15Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.