# Cannot install input Syslog plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-input-syslog-plugin/1371>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 27, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-input-syslog-plugin/1371 "2015-05-27T09:49:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cesoielampo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@cesoielampo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cesoielampo)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-input-syslog-plugin/1371/1 "2015-05-27T09:49:24Z")

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Hello,  
yesterday i installed ElasticSearch on a Debian VM. And i'm totally new to this.  
Now i need to install the Syslog plugin.

i tried with:  
./plugin install logstash-input-syslog --verbose  
and i get:  
-\> Installing logstash-input-syslog...  
Trying [https://github.com/null/logstash-input-syslog/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/null/logstash-input-syslog/archive/master.zip)...  
Failed to install logstash-input-syslog, reason: failed to download out of all possible locations...,

isn't the file there?  
Am i missing something?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![colings86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colings86/32/44960_2.png) [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-input-syslog-plugin/1371/2 "2015-05-27T13:44:31Z")

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The logstash-input-syslog plugin is not a plugin for Elasticsearch, it is a plugin for Logstash[1]. In order to use it you will need to download and install Logstash which is a separate product used "for receiving, processing and outputting logs" [2]. If you do install Logstash and find you need help the best place to ask will be the Logstash category of these forums [3].

[1] [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-syslog.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-syslog.html)  
[2] [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/logstash-reference.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/logstash-reference.html)  
[3] [https://discuss.elastic.co/c/logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/logstash)

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**Author:** ![cesoielampo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@cesoielampo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cesoielampo)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-input-syslog-plugin/1371/3 "2015-05-27T13:47:32Z")

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Oh, i'm terribly sorry for the mistake.  
Thanks for your kind reply.

Best regards,

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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, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-input-syslog-plugin/1371/4 "2017-07-06T00:11:37Z")

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