# Cisco FTD module does not appear to be processing any events

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cisco-ftd-module-does-not-appear-to-be-processing-any-events/257896>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 7, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cisco-ftd-module-does-not-appear-to-be-processing-any-events/257896 "2020-12-07T19:00:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThePVD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thepvd/32/80383_2.png) [@ThePVD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThePVD)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cisco-ftd-module-does-not-appear-to-be-processing-any-events/257896/1 "2020-12-07T19:00:47Z")

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Helllo!

I am currently troubleshooting sending FTD syslog output to a filebeat listener. I'm able to sniff traffic and see packets arriving, but filebeat does not seem to do ANYTHING with the event. I've experimented with running `filebeat -e -d "*" -c filebeat.yml` while sending a [sample event](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/beats/master/x-pack/filebeat/module/cisco/ftd/test/firepower-management.log-expected.json) via netcat:  
`cat firepower-management.log-expected.json |nc -w 1 -u -4 <servername> 9003`

Module config:

```auto
    ftd:
        enabled: true
        var.input: syslog
        var.syslog_host: 0.0.0.0
        var.syslog_port: 9003
        var.log_level: 7
        var.tags: [cisco-ftd]

```

Nothing happens. I see no output from filebeat debug console when either a FMC generated or artificial packet is sent to the listening port, and subsequently nothing is indexed.

Any guidance / advice / help in troubleshooting appreicated. This particular filebeat instances is configured to capture other log files and has been indexing those appropriately; I've disabled all inputs but the FTD input at present just to focus troubleshooting.

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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:** [January 4, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cisco-ftd-module-does-not-appear-to-be-processing-any-events/257896/2 "2021-01-04T21:01:10Z")

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