# Filebeat Cisco logs in files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cisco-logs-in-files/271687>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cisco-logs-in-files/271687 "2021-04-29T17:30:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boardsec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Boardsec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Boardsec)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cisco-logs-in-files/271687/1 "2021-04-29T17:30:19Z")

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Hi!

I’m new to Filebeat, and I’d like to process some already generated ASA logs. How do I set up cisco.yml to ingest from /var/log/cisco/ instead of listening on a socket?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![legoguy1000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/legoguy1000/32/54301_2.png) [@legoguy1000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/legoguy1000)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cisco-logs-in-files/271687/2 "2021-04-29T23:55:56Z")

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Set

```auto
var.input: log
var.paths:
   - <path to logs>

```

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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:** [May 28, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cisco-logs-in-files/271687/3 "2021-05-28T01:56:42Z")

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