# How to parse logs produced by logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-logs-produced-by-logstash/64197>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 27, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-logs-produced-by-logstash/64197 "2016-10-27T20:13:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Maxwell\_Flanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-logs-produced-by-logstash/64197/1 "2016-10-27T20:13:27Z")

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I'm ironically having trouble parsing logstash logs using logstash. It is not json, it looks more like a ruby hash output. Is there an existing filter that can effectively parse logstash's logs for me??

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-logs-produced-by-logstash/64197/2 "2016-10-31T20:22:29Z")

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For Logstash 1.x and 2.x... no, not really. However, Logstash 5 can emit JSON 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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-logs-produced-by-logstash/64197/3 "2017-07-06T04:31:51Z")

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