# How to set up: Synology -\> Logstash RFC3164

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-up-synology-logstash-rfc3164/73756>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 2, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-up-synology-logstash-rfc3164/73756 "2017-02-02T20:36:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![hispeed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hispeed/32/16232_2.png) [@hispeed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hispeed)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-up-synology-logstash-rfc3164/73756/1 "2017-02-02T20:36:22Z")

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Hi,

I'm very new to the complete ELK stack. I set up on a ESXI 6.5 a CentOS 7 (minimal installation) the ELK stack. Everything is working so far (I think so).  
I used for that: [http://www.tecmint.com/install-elasticsearch-logstash-and-kibana-elk-stack-on-centos-rhel-7/](http://www.tecmint.com/install-elasticsearch-logstash-and-kibana-elk-stack-on-centos-rhel-7/)

Now I want to send my data from my synology to logstash. Synology has a very easy GUI where I can set up the IP-Adress, Port, RFC3164 Schema and transferprotocol. So I have set up everything like that.

On the Synology (for sending log files):  
IP: 192.168.0.13  
Port: 514  
Transferprotocol: UDP  
Format: RC3164  
There is no firewall running on CentOS (because internal/test usage).

Then I created the following file:  
First, let’s make a simple configuration file for Logstash + syslog, called logstash-syslog.conf.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/config-examples.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/config-examples.html)

Now my questions:  
How can I see that Logstash is using that config?  
What is about the filters?  
How can I send the file into Kibana or Elasticsearch (everyhting is on the same server)  
Kibana question: What is the Index pattern?  
How can I update the Kibana + ElasticSearch + Logstash to the actual version?

I know some very basic questions. I would be thankful if someone writes some explanation and a little "dummie" guide, because I have googled but it's not so easy to finde content to basic questions.

Thanks for your help.

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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:** [February 6, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-up-synology-logstash-rfc3164/73756/2 "2017-02-06T06:53:12Z")

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> How can I see that Logstash is using that config?

Do you have any reason to believe it isn't used? But sure, you can start Logstash with `--debug` and see exactly what configuration Logstash is reading into memory.

> What is about the filters?

I don't understand this question.

> How can I send the file into Kibana or Elasticsearch (everyhting is on the same server)

Add an elasticsearch output plugin to your configuration. I'm sure this is covered by introductory Logstash documentation.

> Kibana question: What is the Index pattern?

In short, the index pattern selects which Elasticsearch indexes to query.

> How can I update the Kibana + Elasticsearch + Logstash to the actual version?

If you're using a package manager to install the prorgam (which you should do) you can just upgrade the packages.

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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:** [March 6, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-up-synology-logstash-rfc3164/73756/3 "2017-03-06T06:53:28Z")

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