# Incorrect parsing /var/log/messages

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-parsing-var-log-messages/158767>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 29, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-parsing-var-log-messages/158767 "2018-11-29T13:09:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MrGangster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MrGangster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MrGangster)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-parsing-var-log-messages/158767/1 "2018-11-29T13:09:38Z")

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Incorrect parsing /var/log/messages from Centos 7

/var/log/messages have this alerts:  
Nov 29 15:49:27 vm logstash: "offset" =\> 902283

Filebeat paste date in Logstash.

/etc/logstash/conf.d/logs.conf have this data:  
input {  
beats {  
port =\> 5044  
}  
}

filter {  
if [type] == "syslog" {  
grok {  
match =\> { "message" =\> "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog\_timestamp} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog\_hostname} %{DATA:syslog\_program}(🙂 %{TIMESTAMP\_ISO8601:timestamp\_iso} %{POSINT:syslog\_pid} %{LOGLEVEL:syslog\_level} %{GREEDYDATA:syslog\_message}" }  
add\_field =\> ["received\_at", "%{@timestamp}"]  
add\_field =\> ["received\_from", "%{host}"]  
}  
syslog\_pri { }  
date {  
match =\> ["syslog\_timestamp", "MMM d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss"]  
}  
}  
}

output {  
elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["192.168.64.190:9200"] }  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

Kibana show the message:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/e/9e6a43cabc7bf43d59a5bae0662c5c7fc359a104.png)

and dont parsing "message: Nov 29 15:49:27 vm logstash: "offset" =\> 902283" how it does in logstash configuration.

Where is a problem? How to parse /var/log/messages correctly?

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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:** [December 27, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-parsing-var-log-messages/158767/2 "2018-12-27T13:11:06Z")

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