# How to monitor udp protocol (new protocol)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-udp-protocol-new-protocol/359184>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-udp-protocol-new-protocol/359184 "2024-05-09T12:43:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Alisher\_Nabiev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alisher_nabiev/32/134350_2.png) [@Alisher\_Nabiev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alisher_Nabiev)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-udp-protocol-new-protocol/359184/1 "2024-05-09T12:43:23Z")

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hi, i need to sniff traffic from udp custom port.  
i tried this conf but no success:  
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```auto
- type: udp
  include_fields: ["total_length", "protocol", "source.ip", "destination.ip", "source.port", "destination.port"]
  include_payload: true
  ports: [37008]
  enabled: true

```

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**Author:** ![ashishtiwari1993](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashishtiwari1993/32/135241_2.png) [@ashishtiwari1993](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashishtiwari1993)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-udp-protocol-new-protocol/359184/2 "2024-05-09T14:00:31Z")

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Hi Alisher,

Could you please check if you getting any error. Here are the troubleshoot steps you can try -

> **[Debug | Packetbeat Reference \[8.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/enable-packetbeat-debugging.html)**