# Can Winlogbeat output to syslog? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** winlogbeat\ **Created:** [February 19, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-winlogbeat-output-to-syslog/75624 "2017-02-19T02:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kopacko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kopacko/32/10733_2.png) [@kopacko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kopacko)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-winlogbeat-output-to-syslog/75624/1 "2017-02-19T02:31:39Z")
In my winlogbeat.yml file, there is a section for sending to syslog. I don't see where I configure a target IP. ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-winlogbeat-output-to-syslog/75624/2 "2017-02-22T03:36:07Z")
Beats do no have a syslog output. Probably the configuration you are seeing is for the logger. It can write the logs to syslog on non-Windows systems. The options doesn't work on Windows. ---
**Author:** ![kopacko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kopacko/32/10733_2.png) [@kopacko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kopacko)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-winlogbeat-output-to-syslog/75624/3 "2017-02-22T22:58:20Z")
Gotcha. Yea I figured Beats itself isn't outputting to syslog. I wasn't sure if the app itself was writing to it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-winlogbeat-output-to-syslog/75624/4 "2017-03-22T22:58:23Z")
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