# Can not create index pattern "syslog-ng\*"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-create-index-pattern-syslog-ng/139110>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 9, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-create-index-pattern-syslog-ng/139110 "2018-07-09T08:36:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![T4iga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@T4iga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T4iga)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-create-index-pattern-syslog-ng/139110/1 "2018-07-09T08:36:15Z")

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Hi elastic community,

I am currently trying to configure syslog-ng + elastic + kibana.  
I have been following [https://www.syslog-ng.com/whitepaper/storing-logs-in-elasticsearch-using-syslogng8132318/](https://www.syslog-ng.com/whitepaper/storing-logs-in-elasticsearch-using-syslogng8132318/) while looking at introductory videos for elasticsearch and kibana.  
I am stuck at creating an index pattern.  
I am supposed to create "syslog-ng\*" but in the kibana dashboard the only name i can enter that allows me to go to the next step is ".kibana" and that only works of I trigger the "include system index"-slider.

Did i miss something i should have done during set up of Kibana?  
Will this only be possible once I started logging messages which feature this index?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-create-index-pattern-syslog-ng/139110/2 "2018-07-09T08:48:00Z")

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Yes, you will need to have an index created in Elasticsearch to create the corresponding index pattern.

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**Author:** ![T4iga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@T4iga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T4iga)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-create-index-pattern-syslog-ng/139110/3 "2018-07-09T09:33:09Z")

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Thank you.  
I just manged to send message to elasticsearch. The index appeared and i could create the 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:** [August 6, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-create-index-pattern-syslog-ng/139110/4 "2018-08-06T09:35:44Z")

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