System moduleedit

This module collects and parses logs created by system logging server of common Unix/Linux based distributions.

Compatibilityedit

This module was tested with logs from OSes like Ubuntu 12.04, Centos 7, and macOS Sierra.

This module is not available for Windows.

Dashboardedit

This module comes with a sample dashboard showing syslog data.

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Syslog fileset settingsedit

var.pathsedit

An array of paths where to look for the log files. If left empty, Filebeat will choose the paths depending on your operating systems.

Fieldsedit

For a description of each field in the metricset, see the exported fields section.