# Syslog-Agent-How To Help

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-agent-how-to-help/366588>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [September 15, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-agent-how-to-help/366588 "2024-09-15T14:52:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![michael005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@michael005](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michael005)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-agent-how-to-help/366588/1 "2024-09-15T14:52:01Z")

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Hi, I am trying to setup a centralized environment with syslog and use an agent, instead of using Logstash.

Reading the Elastic site, the preferred method seems to be to use an agent on every host instead.

I have searched the forum, but haven't quite found if syslog and an agent can work. Is this possible? Any guidance you can provide is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![ashishtiwari1993](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashishtiwari1993/32/135241_2.png) [@ashishtiwari1993](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashishtiwari1993)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-agent-how-to-help/366588/2 "2024-09-16T08:43:58Z")

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Hi @michael005, You can use [system integration](https://www.elastic.co/docs/current/integrations/system) from Elastic agent to collect syslog. For step by step guide please refer this [doc](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/starting-with-the-elasticsearch-platform-and-its-solutions/current/getting-started-observability.html).

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**Author:** ![michael005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@michael005](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michael005)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-agent-how-to-help/366588/3 "2024-09-18T02:33:47Z")

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Thanks!