# Can't "SETUP" Packet beat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029 "2020-03-04T09:51:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![tbhaxor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbhaxor/32/63588_2.png) [@tbhaxor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbhaxor)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029/1 "2020-03-04T09:51:37Z")

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After running elasticsearch and kibana behind reverse proxy via nginx i am getting following error

```auto
# packetbeat --path.config /etc/packetbeat/ setup
Overwriting ILM policy is disabled. Set `setup.ilm.overwrite:true` for enabling.

Exiting: failed to create alias: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/<packetbeat-7.6.0-{now/d}-000001>] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}: 405 Method Not Allowed: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/<packetbeat-7.6.0-{now/d}-000001>] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}

```

Infact this is happening with all other beats

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029/2 "2020-03-04T16:21:14Z")

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Hey @tbhaxor,

Could you try to run `packetbeat setup` directly to Elasticsearch, without nginx?  
This way we could isolate better where is the problem.

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**Author:** ![tbhaxor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbhaxor/32/63588_2.png) [@tbhaxor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbhaxor)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029/3 "2020-03-04T17:16:45Z")

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Yes. However it's working with logstash. Earlier it was not even creating the index.

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029/4 "2020-03-05T10:05:12Z")

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So is it working now?

If not, could you please detail your data pipeline, where are nginx and logstash? (e.g. packetbeat -\> nginx -\> logstash -\> elasticsearch?)

Could you also check what indexes and aliases you have in your cluster?

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**Author:** ![tbhaxor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbhaxor/32/63588_2.png) [@tbhaxor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbhaxor)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029/5 "2020-03-09T09:36:06Z")

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No

Packetbeat -\> logstash -\> elasticsearch

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029/6 "2020-03-09T12:57:24Z")

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Oh, so only Kibana is behind a reverse proxy then? Then it shouldn't be affecting index setup.

As mentioned in my last comment, could you also check what indexes and aliases you have in your cluster?

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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:** [April 6, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-setup-packet-beat/222029/7 "2020-04-06T12:57:33Z")

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