# Logstash-filter-cef instead of codec

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-cef-instead-of-codec/182302
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-cef-instead-of-codec/182302 "2019-05-22T18:40:27Z")
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### Author: ![paniccontrol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@paniccontrol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paniccontrol)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-cef-instead-of-codec/182302/1 "2019-05-22T18:40:27Z")

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I'm receiving several type of log over syslog, some of them are customed, json, cef,.. other syslog.

I've noticed there is no built in cef filter, like the json one.

I found this one:

> **[dkiser/logstash-filter-cef](https://github.com/dkiser/logstash-filter-cef)**
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> Contribute to dkiser/logstash-filter-cef development by creating an account on GitHub.

Why it's not included into logstash natively ?

I know I could youse the codec on the input, but that would imply to create a new input for every format (codec supported), I have.

Or how can i do ?

Regards,

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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: [June 19, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-cef-instead-of-codec/182302/2 "2019-06-19T18:40:27Z")

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