# What exactly steps should take to import custom syslog to elk

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 29, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673 "2021-03-29T15:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Depressed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Depressed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Depressed)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673/1 "2021-03-29T15:29:20Z")

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hi  
i'm new to elk and i wanted to know what exactly should i do to receive various syslog and proccess and define filed and make dashbord? i've read some articles that points to some filter ,rule and grok stuff that i didn't understand,would you plz explain to me?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673/2 "2021-03-29T15:52:27Z")

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This is a super similar question to [Specific steps to build monitoring and siem with elk](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/specific-steps-to-build-monitoring-and-siem-with-elk/268605), right?

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**Author:** ![Depressed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Depressed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Depressed)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673/3 "2021-03-29T18:08:10Z")

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yeah they both got no answerb , very similar!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673/4 "2021-03-29T18:29:18Z")

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I'd look at some of the free trainings we have:

> **[Free on-demand Elasticsearch and Kibana training](https://www.elastic.co/training/free)**
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> Elastic offers free introductory training for the Elastic (ELK) Stack - Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats and Logstash. Learn the fundamentals of observability (logging, metrics, APM), security, SIEM, ML, & more with on-demand training.

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**Author:** ![Depressed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Depressed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Depressed)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673/5 "2021-03-29T18:37:41Z")

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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:** [April 26, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-exactly-steps-should-take-to-import-custom-syslog-to-elk/268673/6 "2021-04-26T18:38:24Z")

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