# Syslog to filebeat or logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-to-filebeat-or-logstash/203923>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-to-filebeat-or-logstash/203923 "2019-10-16T19:55:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![arxo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arxo/32/56054_2.png) [@arxo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arxo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-to-filebeat-or-logstash/203923/1 "2019-10-16T19:55:45Z")

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Hi everyone, this might be a really obvious Q. If I have data coming in from syslog, if I push it via a filebeat with system plugins (receiving syslog), will it do the same thing as manually parsing values in logstash (grok etc.) e.g. extracting values from sshd logs.

Tnx!

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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:** [November 13, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-to-filebeat-or-logstash/203923/2 "2019-11-13T19:55:52Z")

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