# Elastic-agent is parsing syslog events different (than Filebeat)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-is-parsing-syslog-events-different-than-filebeat/256895>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-is-parsing-syslog-events-different-than-filebeat/256895 "2020-11-27T15:28:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![hermlam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@hermlam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hermlam)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-is-parsing-syslog-events-different-than-filebeat/256895/1 "2020-11-27T15:28:18Z")

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Hi,

I switched from the ‘classic’ Filebeat to Elastic-Agent. Very handy, but there is a difference how events are being parsed.

My Syslog events from devices and Raspberry Pies are routed via a central syslog server. And from there via Elastic-Agent to Elastic.

In the old way an event in Elastic was parsed like this:

- host.name: Syslogserver
- host.hostname: Original sender (like a Raspberry Pi)
- message: the original message **without** the headers (date / time / host)

Now it’s like this:

- host.name: Syslogserver
- host.hostname: Syslogserver
- message: the whole original message **with** the headers

Now stuff like reports and SIEM aren’t working correctly anymore.

Thanks,

Herman

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**Author:** ![hermlam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@hermlam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hermlam)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-is-parsing-syslog-events-different-than-filebeat/256895/2 "2020-11-28T00:02:13Z")

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I think I made a mistake.Sorry.  
Please close this one for now

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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:** [December 26, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-is-parsing-syslog-events-different-than-filebeat/256895/3 "2020-12-26T02:02:14Z")

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