# Syslog and filebeat assistance request

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-and-filebeat-assistance-request/192993>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-and-filebeat-assistance-request/192993 "2019-07-30T21:14:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Downey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ryan_downey/32/35987_2.png) [@Ryan\_Downey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Downey)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-and-filebeat-assistance-request/192993/21 "2019-08-29T19:38:53Z")

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This thread might help a little bit. I skimmed your thread quickly but you might want to look at this as well for the indices issue. [Logstash can not write date into elasticsearch after activating elastic security](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-can-not-write-date-into-elasticsearch-after-activating-elastic-security/185340/8)

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