# How to prevent logging logstash logs in /var/log/messages **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 22, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prevent-logging-logstash-logs-in-var-log-messages/145560 "2018-08-22T13:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bharadwaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@Bharadwaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bharadwaj)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prevent-logging-logstash-logs-in-var-log-messages/145560/1 "2018-08-22T13:24:01Z")
Hi all logstash data is written to / var / log / messages. This causes the server capacity to continue to grow. Is there a way to prevent this data from being written to / var / log / messages? Thank you ---
**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:** [August 25, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prevent-logging-logstash-logs-in-var-log-messages/145560/2 "2018-08-25T14:04:23Z")
Logstash itself doesn't log to /var/log/messages. Maybe you can tweak your syslog or journald configuration? If Logstash is producing any large amounts of logs there's a good chance that it's misconfigured. What kinds of logs are you seeing? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-prevent-logging-logstash-logs-in-var-log-messages/145560/3 "2018-09-22T14:04:25Z")
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