# Read .asl Log-Files on Mac OS X from "/var/log/servermetricsd/"
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-asl-log-files-on-mac-os-x-from-var-log-servermetricsd/53619
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 22, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-asl-log-files-on-mac-os-x-from-var-log-servermetricsd/53619 "2016-06-22T07:28:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@beelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/beelastic)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-asl-log-files-on-mac-os-x-from-var-log-servermetricsd/53619/1 "2016-06-22T07:28:39Z")
Hello everyone!
I want to use my ELK stack to monitor couple of Mac Servers.
The log files are located in "/var/log/servermetricsd/" and have the file extension "\*.asl".
I use Logstash with the following configuration:
> input {
> file {
> path =\>["/var/log/_.log","/var/log/servermetrics/_.asl"]
> codec =\> plain {
> charset =\>"BINARY"
> }
> }
> }
> output {
> elasticsearch {
> hosts =\> "10.10.100.90:9200"
> index =\>"macserver-%{+YY.MM.dd}"
> }
> }
The log files from "/var/log/\*.log" are processed well, but i dont get the asl files.
.asl file Information: application/octet-stream; charset=binary
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-asl-log-files-on-mac-os-x-from-var-log-servermetricsd/53619/2 "2016-06-22T13:18:12Z")
Binary isn't a character set. Logstash ingests _text_ data by default, and can only ingest binary data by way of a special plugin, designed to convert said binary format back into _text._
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### Author:  [@beelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/beelastic)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-asl-log-files-on-mac-os-x-from-var-log-servermetricsd/53619/3 "2016-06-22T13:30:05Z")
Thank you very much for the reply! (:
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-asl-log-files-on-mac-os-x-from-var-log-servermetricsd/53619/4 "2017-07-06T04:51:11Z")