# Logs mixed - same path on different servers

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-mixed-same-path-on-different-servers/261799>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-mixed-same-path-on-different-servers/261799 "2021-01-21T14:12:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yodog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yodog/32/4822_2.png) [@yodog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yodog)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-mixed-same-path-on-different-servers/261799/1 "2021-01-21T14:12:48Z")

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i have 2 services running on apache: mail + drive

the logs are getting mixed because they are on the same path (but on different servers).

```auto
- type: log
  tags: ['drive']
  fields_under_root: true
  fields:
    '@metadata.gzip': true
    '@metadata.saveto': 'drive.log'
  paths:
    - /var/log/apache2/access.log
    - /var/log/apache2/error.log

- type: log
  tags: ['mail']
  fields_under_root: true
  fields:
    '@metadata.gzip': true
    '@metadata.saveto': 'mail.log'
  paths:
    - /var/log/apache2/access.log
    - /var/log/apache2/error.log

```

is there a way to apply a conditional (`when`?) to `paths:` or `fields:`?

so i can set the filename based on hostname.

something like

```auto
...
processors:
  - add_fields.when:
      contains.host.name: drv-srv-
        fields:
          '@metadata.gzip': true
          '@metadata.saveto': 'drive.log'

...
processors:
  - add_fields.when:
      contains.host.name: mail-srv-
        fields:
          '@metadata.gzip': true
          '@metadata.saveto': 'mail.log'

```

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**Author:** ![yodog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yodog/32/4822_2.png) [@yodog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yodog)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-mixed-same-path-on-different-servers/261799/2 "2021-01-25T12:44:09Z")

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so... is logstash my only option here?

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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:** [February 22, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-mixed-same-path-on-different-servers/261799/3 "2021-02-22T14:44:12Z")

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