# Replace rsyslog with Filebeat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [October 21, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-rsyslog-with-filebeat/204540 "2019-10-21T19:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ajhstn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ajhstn/32/24629_2.png) [@ajhstn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajhstn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-rsyslog-with-filebeat/204540/1 "2019-10-21T19:07:20Z")
Can Filebeat be used as a simple rsyslog replacement? Can i have 3 udp inputs on 10514, 10515 and 10516, and each of them outputting to ES to 3 different indices? ---
**Author:** ![pmercado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@pmercado](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pmercado)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-rsyslog-with-filebeat/204540/2 "2019-10-22T11:29:13Z")
Hi @ajhstn, reading docs it looks possible. Have you tried adding multiple syslog inputs? can this help on using different indexes? > [@Change index per pipeline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-per-pipeline/144901): > > I'm very new to elasticsearch, so I may be approaching this problem incorrectly. I've got a couple logs with different log formats. It's pretty easy to create a pipeline with a grok pattern for each, but I'd like to send each log type to a different index. I assume this is a common pattern. How do other folks handle this? Ideally I'd like to do this with just filebeat and elasticsearch. ---
**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, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-rsyslog-with-filebeat/204540/3 "2019-11-19T13:29:14Z")
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