# CLI for creating index-pattens in .kibana in 6.2.x **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [February 11, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cli-for-creating-index-pattens-in-kibana-in-6-2-x/119361 "2018-02-11T02:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![parky118](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/parky118/32/27624_2.png) [@parky118](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parky118)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cli-for-creating-index-pattens-in-kibana-in-6-2-x/119361/1 "2018-02-11T02:48:56Z")
Previously in 5.1.2 we used to use the following cURL commands to programmatically create the default index and other indexes within Kibana: curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/.kibana/index-pattern/\*](http://localhost:9200/.kibana/index-pattern/*) -d '{"title":"_", "timeFieldName":"time"}' curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/.kibana/config/5.1.2](http://localhost:9200/.kibana/config/5.1.2) -d '{"defaultIndex":"_"}' curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/.kibana/index-pattern/mantiswf](http://localhost:9200/.kibana/index-pattern/mantiswf) -d '{"title":"mantiswf", "timeFieldName":"time"}' How can I do that within 6.2.X? ---
**Author:** ![rcowart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rcowart/32/88091_2.png) [@rcowart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcowart)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cli-for-creating-index-pattens-in-kibana-in-6-2-x/119361/2 "2018-02-11T08:34:24Z")
As of sometime around 5.6 Kibana has its own API for saved objects, including Index Patterns. It is not yet documented, so you have to scrape the how-to from the GitHub tickets that discuss the API. The following examples are for an Index Pattern with an ID of `elastiflow-*`. To fetch an index pattern... ```auto curl -XGET -u USERNAME:PASSWORD http://KIBANASERVER:5601/api/saved_objects/index-pattern/elastiflow-* ``` The output will look something like this... ```auto { "id": "elastiflow-*", "type": "index-pattern", "updated_at": "2018-02-11T07:23:29.146Z", "version": 2, "attributes": { "title": "elastiflow-*", "timeFieldName": "@timestamp", "notExpandable": true, "fields": "[{\"name\":\"flow.bytes\",\"type\":\"number\",\"count\":0,\"scripted\":false,\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true},{\"name\":\"flow.dst_port\",\"type\":\"number\",\"count\":0,\"scripted\":false,\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true},{\"name\":\"flow.src_port\",\"type\":\"number\",\"count\":0,\"scripted\":false,\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true}]", "fieldFormatMap": "{\"flow.dst_port\":{\"id\":\"number\",\"params\":{\"pattern\":\"0\"}},\"flow.src_port\":{\"id\":\"number\",\"params\":{\"pattern\":\"0\"}},\"flow.bytes\":{\"id\":\"bytes\"}}" } } ``` To import you need only the `attributes` section (you will get an error otherwise). So strip out the unneeded bits so you have this... ```auto { "attributes": { "title": "elastiflow-*", "timeFieldName": "@timestamp", "notExpandable": true, "fields": "[{\"name\":\"flow.bytes\",\"type\":\"number\",\"count\":0,\"scripted\":false,\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true},{\"name\":\"flow.dst_port\",\"type\":\"number\",\"count\":0,\"scripted\":false,\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true},{\"name\":\"flow.src_port\",\"type\":\"number\",\"count\":0,\"scripted\":false,\"searchable\":true,\"aggregatable\":true,\"readFromDocValues\":true}]", "fieldFormatMap": "{\"flow.dst_port\":{\"id\":\"number\",\"params\":{\"pattern\":\"0\"}},\"flow.src_port\":{\"id\":\"number\",\"params\":{\"pattern\":\"0\"}},\"flow.bytes\":{\"id\":\"bytes\"}}" } } ``` Save this to a file (for the example it is saved to `elastiflow.index_pattern.json`) and run the following command to import the index pattern. ```auto curl -XPOST -u USERNAME:PASSWORD http://KIBANASERVER:5601/api/saved_objects/index-pattern/elastiflow-* -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" -d @/PATH/TO/elastiflow.index_pattern.json ``` I hope that helps. Rob ---
**Author:** ![parky118](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/parky118/32/27624_2.png) [@parky118](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parky118)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cli-for-creating-index-pattens-in-kibana-in-6-2-x/119361/3 "2018-02-12T16:10:08Z")
Thank Robert! I tried your command and I had to put the actual index ID as opposed to the name (elastiflow-\*). Once I did that, it works. One additional question, how do I make an index a default index? Thanks, Craig ---
**Author:** ![rcowart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rcowart/32/88091_2.png) [@rcowart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcowart)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cli-for-creating-index-pattens-in-kibana-in-6-2-x/119361/4 "2018-02-12T16:42:10Z")
Sorry, that was what I meant when I said my example was `elastiflow-`. I should have mentioned that you need to replace that with your own ID. I don't know whether it is possible to specify the default index via the API. I haven't dug around for that yet. Hopefully some docs will be created soon that will remove some of the mystery. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cli-for-creating-index-pattens-in-kibana-in-6-2-x/119361/5 "2018-03-12T16:42:19Z")
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