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slug: /manage/field-extractions/fer-templates
title: FER Templates
description: Instead of creating a parse expression, you can select a Template from the list, preview it, and then click to apply it.
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/
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FER templates are provided for common applications such as Apache Access, Akamai Cloud Monitor, AWS ELB, and Microsoft IIS logs. Rather than creating a parse expression from scratch, you can select a template from the list, preview it, and then click to apply it.

<img src={useBaseUrl('img/field-extraction-rules/FERTemplates.png')} alt="FER Templates" width="450"/>

The template will overwrite any existing parse expression.

In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/akamai-cloud-monitor')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/security-threat-detection/akamai_logo.png')} alt="Akamai icon" width="40"/><h4>Akamai Cloud Monitor</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Akamai Cloud Monitor log.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/apache-access-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/web-servers/apache.png')} alt="Apache icon" width="40"/><h4>Apache Access Logs</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Apache Access log.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/apache-tomcat-access-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/web-servers/apache-tomcat.png')} alt="Apache Tomcat icon" width="40"/><h4>Apache Tomcat Access Logs</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Apache Tomcat Access log.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/apache-tomcat-access-log-fer')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/web-servers/apache-tomcat.png')} alt="Apache Tomcat icon" width="50"/><h4>Sample Apache Tomcat 7 Access Log Field Extraction Rule</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to parse the Remote IP address, Method, Requested URL path, HTTP status code, Time Taken, and Bytes Sent.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/aws-cloudtrail-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/amazon-aws/cloudtrail.png')} alt="CloudTrail icon" width="50"/><h4>AWS CloudTrail Logs</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your AWS CloudTrail log.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/aws-elastic-load-balancing-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/amazon-aws/elb.png')} alt="Elb icon" width="50"/><h4>AWS Elastic Load Balancing Logs</h4></a>
  <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your AWS Elastic Load Balancing log.</p>
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      <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/aws-s3-usage-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/amazon-aws/s3audit.png')} alt="S3audit icon" width="45"/><h4>Amazon S3 Usage Logs</h4></a>
      <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Amazon S3 Usage log.</p>
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      <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/cisco-app')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/security-threat-detection/cisco.png')} alt="Cisco icon" width="70"/><h4>Cisco Logs Extraction Template</h4></a>
      <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Cisco ASA log.</p>
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      <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/cisco-fwsm-fer')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/security-threat-detection/cisco.png')} alt="Cisco icon" width="70"/><h4>Sample Cisco FWSM Field Extraction Rule</h4></a>
      <p>Learn how to create field extraction rules for CISCO FWSM.</p>
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      <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/microsoft-iis-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/microsoft-azure/microsoft_iis_10.png')} alt="Microsoft Iis 10 icon" width="80"/><h4>Microsoft IIS Logs</h4></a>
      <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Microsoft IIS log.</p>
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      <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/nginx-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/web-servers/nginx.png')} alt="Nginx icon" width="90"/><h4>Nginx Logs</h4></a>
      <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Nginx Access log.</p>
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      <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/palo-alto-networks')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/cloud-security-monitoring-analytics/paloalto.png')} alt="Paloalto icon" width="110"/><h4>Palo Alto Networks</h4></a>
      <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Palo Alto Networks log.</p>
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      <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/manage/field-extractions/fer-templates/varnish-logs')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/integrations/web-servers/varnish-cache.png')} alt="Varnish Cache icon" width="100"/><h4>Varnish Logs Extraction Template</h4></a>
      <p>Learn how to parse the common fields in your Varnish log.</p>
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