# Include only error **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [February 27, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282 "2020-02-27T16:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armani\_ani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/armani_ani/32/55455_2.png) [@armani\_ani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/armani_ani)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282/1 "2020-02-27T16:51:59Z")
Hi , I am using filebeat 7.6 with the below filebeat config logging.level: error filebeat.inputs: - type: syslog protocol.tcp.host: "localhost:5000" include\_lines: ['error'] I would like for example to include only error or warning message and exclude info message on syslog. Feb 27 17:30:02 SERVER filebeat[32050]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 23: did not find expected key Feb 27 17:30:02 SERVER systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 27 17:30:02 SERVE\>R systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Unit entered failed state. Feb 27 17:30:02 SERVER systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 27 17:30:02 SERVER systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Feb 27 17:30:02 SERVER systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch.. But still not work i still receive all events. Any idea why didn't work ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282/2 "2020-02-28T09:20:50Z")
Hi! From `Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 23: did not find expected key` it seems that your configuration yml is not valid. Please to try to validate it before using it. There are plenty of yml validator online to use. C. ---
**Author:** ![armani\_ani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/armani_ani/32/55455_2.png) [@armani\_ani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/armani_ani)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282/3 "2020-02-28T11:03:26Z")
Hi , thanks for you reply . i have already correct the line on filebeat.yml , the filebeat client work fine. filebeat.service - Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch. Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-02-27 17:43:49 CET; 18h ago Docs: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat) Main PID: 32381 (filebeat) Tasks: 10 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/filebeat.service └─32381 /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat -e -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml -path.home /usr/share/filebeat -path.config /etc/filebeat -path.data /var/lib/filebeat -path.logs /var/log/filebeat I still receive all line from syslog client, i would like to ship only error but the include\_lines doesn't seem to work . ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282/4 "2020-02-28T14:30:13Z")
Could you provide your full configuration please? ---
**Author:** ![armani\_ani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/armani_ani/32/55455_2.png) [@armani\_ani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/armani_ani)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282/5 "2020-02-28T16:12:41Z")
now it work with the following config 🙂 #=========================== Filebeat inputs ============================= logging.level: error filebeat.inputs: - type: syslog protocol.tcp.host: "localhost:5000" processors: - drop\_event.when.not.regexp.message: "error" quick question how i can match multiple words for example ( "error","warning","Failure") . i try : processors: - drop\_event.when.not.regexp.message: ['error','failure'] but doesn't work . thx ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282/6 "2020-03-04T07:21:25Z")
Hey. Maybe you can use an `or` condition: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/defining-processors.html#condition-or](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/defining-processors.html#condition-or) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-only-error/221282/7 "2020-04-01T07:21:25Z")
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