# Filebeat 6.1 not forwarding syslog and container\_log to kafka (0.11.0.1)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-1-not-forwarding-syslog-and-container-log-to-kafka-0-11-0-1/118668>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 6, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-1-not-forwarding-syslog-and-container-log-to-kafka-0-11-0-1/118668 "2018-02-06T15:16:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![exekias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/exekias/32/28718_2.png) [@exekias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/exekias)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-1-not-forwarding-syslog-and-container-log-to-kafka-0-11-0-1/118668/10 "2018-02-06T20:52:27Z")

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This looks like a Kafka issue when retrieving partitions metadata, check this answer on a previous post, it may be of help here: [Three types of WARN/ERRORs in filebeat logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/three-types-of-warn-errors-in-filebeat-logs/105136/10)

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