# PFsense integration not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pfsense-integration-not-working/342388>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Tags:** integrations\
**Created:** [September 6, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pfsense-integration-not-working/342388 "2023-09-06T03:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rob\_wylde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rob_wylde/32/58231_2.png) [@Rob\_wylde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rob_wylde)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pfsense-integration-not-working/342388/1 "2023-09-06T03:27:58Z")

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I have configured pfsense to send UDP logs to a Linux host with the pfense integration added to the policy. I have confirmed that pfsense is sending logs to the desired destination via nc -ul 9001, and I can see the plaintext messages being sent. netstat -anp | grep 9001 confirms that filebeat is listening, but zero data is sent to my elastic cloud instance v8.9.1. I can also confirm the linux agent is healthy within the fleet management page.

[pfSense | Documentation](https://docs.elastic.co/en/integrations/pfsense) + a few unanswered & closed PFsense integration topics on this forum have been reviewed, but I'm still stumped.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![ebeahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ebeahan/32/78989_2.png) [@ebeahan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebeahan)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pfsense-integration-not-working/342388/2 "2023-09-06T20:08:15Z")

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In the pfSense integration config, is `Syslog Host` set to only `localhost`? By default config has the integration listening only on localhost.

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-06 at 3.05.56 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/4/940733ffe1dfb9f02626b96a54aeb9ad013780f4.png)

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**Author:** ![Rob\_wylde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rob_wylde/32/58231_2.png) [@Rob\_wylde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rob_wylde)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pfsense-integration-not-working/342388/3 "2023-09-06T20:30:11Z")

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This did resolve my issue. Oddly, though the first attempt at setting the Syslog host to 0.0.0.0, the agent stopped listening on 9001 altogether. I had to repeat the process before the agent would start listening on that UDP port again.

Thanks

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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:** [October 4, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pfsense-integration-not-working/342388/4 "2023-10-04T20:30:58Z")

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