# Module system syslog logs of Filebeat and auditbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-system-syslog-logs-of-filebeat-and-auditbeat/317250>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 22, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-system-syslog-logs-of-filebeat-and-auditbeat/317250 "2022-10-22T12:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![morad\_della3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/morad_della3/32/101241_2.png) [@morad\_della3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/morad_della3)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-system-syslog-logs-of-filebeat-and-auditbeat/317250/1 "2022-10-22T12:38:03Z")

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Difference btween module system syslog logs of Filebeat and auditbeat the two collect the linux logs ?

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-system-syslog-logs-of-filebeat-and-auditbeat/317250/2 "2022-10-22T16:29:56Z")

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filebeat system logs just collects from /var/syslog etc and does little parsing etc.

> **[System module | Filebeat Reference \[8.4\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-system.html)**

Auditbeat collects more detailed information, looks for audit related events and parses them etc.

> **[System Module | Auditbeat Reference \[8.4\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/current/auditbeat-module-system.html)**

Yes they are a bit similar but if you are more interested in audit related events I would suggest auditbeat.

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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:** [November 19, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-system-syslog-logs-of-filebeat-and-auditbeat/317250/3 "2022-11-19T16:29:59Z")

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