# Syslog input without source ip

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/syslog-input-without-source-ip/3861>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [January 19, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/syslog-input-without-source-ip/3861 "2018-01-19T06:13:17Z")\
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**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:** [January 19, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/syslog-input-without-source-ip/3861/3 "2018-01-19T08:34:15Z")

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Create a **Raw/Plaintext** input instead of a **Syslog** input in Graylog and use extractors or pipeline rules to extract the information you need from the log messages.

> [@Source client appears as a month name instead of its IP/hostname](https://community.graylog.org/t/source-client-appears-as-a-month-name-instead-of-its-ip-hostname/3398/4):
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> [http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.3/pages/extractors.html](http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.3/pages/extractors.html)[http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.3/pages/pipelines/rules.html](http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.3/pages/pipelines/rules.html)[http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.3/pages/pipelines/functions.html](http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.3/pages/pipelines/functions.html)

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