# Import Windows events stored as syslog in PCAPs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-windows-events-stored-as-syslog-in-pcaps/219480>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [February 15, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-windows-events-stored-as-syslog-in-pcaps/219480 "2020-02-15T14:29:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![m4rkus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@m4rkus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m4rkus)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-windows-events-stored-as-syslog-in-pcaps/219480/1 "2020-02-15T14:29:29Z")

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Hi,

I have PCAP files (hundreds of GB:s) with recorded syslog traffic (UDP/514) containing log events from Windows hosts. I would like to import and parse the data in an ELK stack. If possible, I would also like to preserve the PCAP timestamps and store those as an additional field for each log message.

Should I parse the PCAPs with Zeek/Bro and import with Filebeat? Could Packetbeat be used? Which option(s) would you suggest? Any help or useful pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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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 14, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-windows-events-stored-as-syslog-in-pcaps/219480/2 "2020-03-14T16:29:47Z")

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