# Logstash's own log conf - log4j with syslog appender **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [July 19, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstashs-own-log-conf-log4j-with-syslog-appender/93715 "2017-07-19T08:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![randude](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/randude/32/34911_2.png) [@randude](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/randude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstashs-own-log-conf-log4j-with-syslog-appender/93715/1 "2017-07-19T08:09:51Z")
Hi, I'm trying to send Logstash's own log to my rsyslog process. I'm using the conf below. Logstash does indeed send log data to my rsyslog process but it uses default settings and basically just ignores my custom settings. I've googled all other the place and I just cant get it to work properly. I'm using ubuntu 16. Any help with configuring the log to output only INFO and above in my custom log format is welcomed. Here are my settings: log4j.rootLogger= syslog #this causes logstash to output to syslog # these dont seem to work at all log4j.appender.syslog=org.apache.log4j.net.SyslogAppender log4j.appender.syslog.threshold=INFO log4j.appender.syslog.syslogHost=localhost log4j.appender.syslog.facility=LOCAL6 log4j.appender.syslog.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.syslog.layout.conversionPattern=%d{MMM dd HH:mm:ss} logstash %p %m%n ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstashs-own-log-conf-log4j-with-syslog-appender/93715/2 "2017-08-16T08:10:11Z")
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