# Keep or restore message

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-or-restore-message/250203>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 28, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-or-restore-message/250203 "2020-09-28T14:06:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![szandala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@szandala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/szandala)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-or-restore-message/250203/1 "2020-09-28T14:06:30Z")

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Greetings,  
I have in filebeat.yml

```
filebeat.modules:
- module: nginx
  access:
    var.paths: ["/var/log/nginx/access.log"]
  error:
    var.paths: ["/var/log/nginx/error.log"]
- module: system
  syslog:
    var.paths: ["/var/log/messages"]
  auth:
    var.paths: ["/var/log/secure"]

```

I would like to have message field in all events. I see that e.g. system.auth does not retain message entry. How can I add field with original line from the logfile?

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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:** [October 26, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-or-restore-message/250203/2 "2020-10-26T16:06:32Z")

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