# An error into installing template

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-error-into-installing-template/246899>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 31, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-error-into-installing-template/246899 "2020-08-31T03:45:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AayushPatel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@AayushPatel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AayushPatel)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-error-into-installing-template/246899/1 "2020-08-31T03:45:14Z")

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Hi  
I am using elastic stacks 7.8.1 and trying to write data in elastic cluster from logstash. this is my simple test pipeline

```auto
input{
stdin{}
}

output{
                elasticsearch{
                        hosts => "localhost:9200"
                        ssl=> true
                        ssl_certificate_verification => false
                        cacert => "/etc/logstash/certs/client-ca.cer"
                        user => "user"
                        password => "password"
                        index => "test"
                        document_type => "_doc"
                        template => "mytemplate.json"
                        template_name => "mytemplate-*"
                        template_overwrite => true
                        ilm_enabled => "false"
                }
stdout{}
}

```

runnig logstash get this error

```auto
Failed to install template. {:message=>"Got response code '400' contacting Elasticsearch at URL 'localhost:9200/_template/mytemplate-*'", :class=>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::BadResponseCodeError", :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/manticore_adapter.rb:80:in `perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:332:in `perform_request_to_url'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:319:in `block in perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:414:in `with_connection'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:318:in `perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:326:in `block in Pool'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client.rb:352:in `template_put'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client.rb:86:in `template_install'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template_manager.rb:28:in `install'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template_manager.rb:16:in `install_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:205:in `install_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-10.5.1-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:49:in `block in setup_after_successful_connection'"]}

```

template file was tested, installed by curl and it was ok, but no actions helped

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-error-into-installing-template/246899/2 "2020-08-31T04:41:08Z")

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Try removing the `*` from the name and see if that helps.

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**Author:** ![AayushPatel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@AayushPatel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AayushPatel)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-error-into-installing-template/246899/3 "2020-08-31T07:00:52Z")

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yeah thanks that's working, but does it have any effects on indexes gonna create later?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-error-into-installing-template/246899/4 "2020-08-31T07:09:22Z")

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No, it's the template identifier, not the matching pattern.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-error-into-installing-template/246899/5 "2020-09-28T07:09:29Z")

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