# Outputing syslogs to OpenNMS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/outputing-syslogs-to-opennms/31455>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 1, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/outputing-syslogs-to-opennms/31455 "2015-10-01T08:54:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hughesr9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f4b2a3/32.png) [@hughesr9](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hughesr9)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/outputing-syslogs-to-opennms/31455/1 "2015-10-01T08:54:40Z")

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I am trying to send syslogs to OpenNMS which is listening for syslogs on port 10514. This is the config I have currently.

output {  
stdout { }  
elasticsearch { host =\> "192.168.218.2" }  
syslog {  
type =\> syslog  
host =\> "192.168.218.2"  
port =\> 10514  
}  
}

Logstash starts up then falls over and I see the following error:

"Couldn't find the syslog output plugin named 'syslog'. Are you sure this is correct? Trying to load the syslog output plugin resulted in this error. No such to load -- logstash/outputs/syslog"

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/outputing-syslogs-to-opennms/31455/2 "2015-10-01T09:19:44Z")

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According to [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-syslog.html), the syslog output isn't a core plugin and needs to be installed separately.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/outputing-syslogs-to-opennms/31455/3 "2017-07-06T05:27:34Z")

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