# Logstash - Syslog Output - Custom message
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-syslog-output-custom-message/333588
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 16, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-syslog-output-custom-message/333588 "2023-05-16T16:18:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Nandhini\_Viswanathan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nandhini_Viswanathan)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-syslog-output-custom-message/333588/1 "2023-05-16T16:18:03Z")
Logstash - Syslog Output - Custom message
Hi,
I'm ~~I~~ working with Logstash - **Syslog Output** and I've found ~~out~~ problem with ~~setting~~ custom field `message`. I'm using Elasticstack 7.8.0.
I've installed logstash **syslog-output** plugin.
```auto
/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-output-syslog
```
Logstash configuration:
```auto
output {
syslog {
host => "localhost"
sourcehost => "logstash-other-as1"
port => 10514
protocol => "tcp"
message => "testing message"
#message => "%{custom-message}"
appname => "apptest"
}
}
```
I'm storing all received data to Elasticsearch DB to review them. Data (Document in Kibana) looks like:
`<13>Jul 13 13:41:11 logstash-other-as1 apptestopttest[-]: 2020-07-13T13:41:11.000Z %{host} %{message}`
I was using the same configuration on ES stack 6.3.2 and it worked well ~~worked~~.
**Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?**
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-syslog-output-custom-message/333588/2 "2023-06-13T16:18:47Z")
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