# Use SSL with logstash syslog input plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-ssl-with-logstash-syslog-input-plugin/227831>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-ssl-with-logstash-syslog-input-plugin/227831 "2020-04-13T23:39:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mtudisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mtudisco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtudisco)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-ssl-with-logstash-syslog-input-plugin/227831/1 "2020-04-13T23:39:57Z")

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Hi,  
I have an installation of ELK 7.6, and i have several devices that send information to logstash via syslog. I want to secure the communication, but in the logstash syslog input plugin i dont see any parameter for ssl.

Is that possible? what are the parameters for ssl in the syslog input plugin?

thanks

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-ssl-with-logstash-syslog-input-plugin/227831/2 "2020-04-14T00:28:27Z")

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The syslog input does not support TLS. If you are OK with using unencrypted communications on the localhost network then you can use either a TCP tunnel or something like rsyslog to handle the inter-node communication and then forward it to a port on localhost for logstash to consume it.

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**Author:** ![mtudisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mtudisco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtudisco)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-ssl-with-logstash-syslog-input-plugin/227831/3 "2020-04-14T17:05:46Z")

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Thanks, actually I implemting it with TCP that does support TLS, but as i found a syslog plugin y supposed it would be better.

Is there any plan to include TLS support in syslog input plugin?

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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:** [May 12, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-ssl-with-logstash-syslog-input-plugin/227831/4 "2020-05-12T17:13:44Z")

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