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[[filebeat-module-system]]
:modulename: system
:has-dashboards: true

== System module

The +{modulename}+ module collects and parses logs created by the system logging
service of common Unix/Linux based distributions.

include::../include/what-happens.asciidoc[]

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=== Compatibility

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

This module requires the
{elasticsearch-plugins}/ingest-user-agent.html[ingest-user-agent] and
{elasticsearch-plugins}/ingest-geoip.html[ingest-geoip] Elasticsearch plugins.

This module is not available for Windows.

include::../include/running-modules.asciidoc[]

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=== Example dashboards

This module comes with sample dashboards. For example:

[role="screenshot"]
image::./images/kibana-system.png[]

include::../include/configuring-intro.asciidoc[]

The following example shows how to set paths in the +modules.d/{modulename}.yml+
file to override the default paths for the syslog and authorization logs:

["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
-----
- module: system
  syslog:
    enabled: true
    var.paths: ["/path/to/log/syslog*"]
  auth:
    enabled: true
    var.paths: ["/path/to/log/auth.log*"]
-----


To specify the same settings at the command line, you use:

["source","sh",subs="attributes"]
-----
-M "system.syslog.var.paths=[/path/to/log/syslog*]" -M "system.auth.var.paths=[/path/to/log/auth.log*]"
-----




//set the fileset name used in the included example
:fileset_ex: syslog

include::../include/config-option-intro.asciidoc[]


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==== `syslog` fileset settings

include::../include/var-paths.asciidoc[]

include::../include/var-convert-timezone.asciidoc[]

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==== `auth` fileset settings

include::../include/var-paths.asciidoc[]

include::../include/var-convert-timezone.asciidoc[]

:has-dashboards!:

:fileset_ex!:

:modulename!:


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=== Fields

For a description of each field in the module, see the
<<exported-fields-system,exported fields>> section.