# Syslog enquiry

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-enquiry/106988>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-enquiry/106988 "2017-11-09T08:14:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-enquiry/106988/1 "2017-11-09T08:14:26Z")

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Dear all,

I have a network device and would like to send syslog to logstash. My current logstash.json as below. May i know how to amended. I tried on. Please correct me if I wrong. Thanks

# logstash.json (before)

input {  
beats {  
port =\> 5044  
type =\> "log"  
}  
}

output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> "localhost:9200"  
manage\_template =\> false  
index =\> "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
document\_type =\> "%{[@metadata][type]}"  
}  
}

# logstash.json (after)

input {  
beats {  
port =\> 5044  
type =\> "log"  
}  
syslog{  
port =\> 514  
type =\> "syslog"  
}  
}

output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> "localhost:9200"  
manage\_template =\> false  
index =\> "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
document\_type =\> "%{[@metadata][type]}"  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-enquiry/106988/2 "2017-11-09T08:18:37Z")

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What exactly are you asking here, as it's not clear.

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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-enquiry/106988/3 "2017-11-09T08:23:42Z")

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I want to know if i want to receive syslog from network device. What should I need to do in logstash.json

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-enquiry/106988/4 "2017-11-09T08:26:44Z")

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Check out [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-syslog.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-syslog.html)

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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:** [December 7, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-enquiry/106988/5 "2017-12-07T08:26:54Z")

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