# Graylog not taking syslog **URL:** \ **Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\ **Created:** [August 10, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-not-taking-syslog/2061 "2017-08-10T19:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Luna](https://community.graylog.org/u/Luna)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-not-taking-syslog/2061/1 "2017-08-10T19:36:35Z")
My Graylog is not taking any Syslog data, and I got the following error message on my Graylog log file: ```auto 2017-08-10T09:34:41.723-04:00 ERROR [NettyTransport] Error in Input [Syslog TCP/59833c2a6cc2e22d8214bca5] (channel [id: 0xe5ec9347, /10.10.60.41:54774 => /10.10.60.122:9542]) java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "10-Aug-2017" at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) ~[?:1.8.0_141] at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:580) ~[?:1.8.0_141] at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:615) ~[?:1.8.0_141] at org.graylog2.inputs.syslog.tcp.SyslogOctetCountFrameDecoder.decode(SyslogOctetCountFrameDecoder.java:45) ~[graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.callDecode(FrameDecoder.java:425) ~[graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.messageReceived(FrameDecoder.java:303) ~[graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) ~[graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791) [graylog.jar:?] at org.graylog2.inputs.syslog.tcp.SyslogTCPFramingRouterHandler.messageReceived(SyslogTCPFramingRouterHandler.java:53) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelHandler.messageReceived(SimpleChannelHandler.java:142) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelHandler.java:88) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.handler.traffic.AbstractTrafficShapingHandler.messageReceived(AbstractTrafficShapingHandler.java:718) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelHandler.java:88) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.messageReceived(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:124) [graylog.jar:?] at org.graylog2.plugin.inputs.util.PacketInformationDumper.messageReceived(PacketInformationDumper.java:51) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.messageReceived(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:124) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:108) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:337) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:89) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108) [graylog.jar:?] at org.jboss.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42) [graylog.jar:?] at com.codahale.metrics.InstrumentedExecutorService$InstrumentedRunnable.run(InstrumentedExecutorService.java:176) [graylog.jar:?] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) [?:1.8.0_141] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) [?:1.8.0_141] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_141] ``` Any help is apperciated !! ---
**Author:** ![jochen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jochen/32/8_2.png) [@jochen](https://community.graylog.org/u/jochen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-not-taking-syslog/2061/2 "2017-08-10T20:00:54Z")
Try using a Raw/Plaintext UDP or TCP input instead of a Syslog UDP or TCP input. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-not-taking-syslog/2061/3 "2017-08-24T20:01:05Z")
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