# How do I debug Agent custom logs and ingest pipeline?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-debug-agent-custom-logs-and-ingest-pipeline/355193>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-debug-agent-custom-logs-and-ingest-pipeline/355193 "2024-03-11T20:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ross\_Wakelin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ross_wakelin/32/100578_2.png) [@Ross\_Wakelin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ross_Wakelin)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-debug-agent-custom-logs-and-ingest-pipeline/355193/1 "2024-03-11T20:33:18Z")

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Morning...  
I have created a custom log integration on some Windows servers to read the DNS debug logs. The logs get sent to a custom ingest pipeline which parses them into ECS and writes them to a data stream.  
I have installed this integration on 6 of my domain controllers with no issues at all, and the logs get ingested fine, and show up in my kibana views etc. HOWEVER, I have reproduced the integration in a different Agent policy that is applied to 8 different DC boxes, and NO data appears in my indexes from these new 8 servers.  
There are no obvious error messages in the Agent logs. The custom log definition in the Agent policy is exactly the same. In fact, I cloned the policy from the working Agents and applied the cloned policy to the new 8 DCs, and no luck in seeing any data.  
My question is - how do I debug this. How can I determine if the Agent is even opening and reading the DNS logs? If they are, how can I determine if the logs are being sent to the ingest pipeline?

Thanks in advance

Ross

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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:** [April 8, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-debug-agent-custom-logs-and-ingest-pipeline/355193/2 "2024-04-08T20:33:34Z")

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