# Custom template is getting ignored by latest LS2.0
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-template-is-getting-ignored-by-latest-ls2-0/35363
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 23, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-template-is-getting-ignored-by-latest-ls2-0/35363 "2015-11-23T21:15:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-template-is-getting-ignored-by-latest-ls2-0/35363/1 "2015-11-23T21:15:14Z")
Hi Experts ,
I am trying to implement my custom mapping which is in "elasticsearch-2.0.0\config\templates" folder. Actually I copied my old template from LS1.5.4. It was working absolutely fine in the older version of LS.
Now as suggested by the latest LS documents [(https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/\_upgrading\_logstash\_and\_elasticsearch\_to\_2\_0.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/_upgrading_logstash_and_elasticsearch_to_2_0.html)) I am using following in the output plugin , but it is still ignoring my custom mapping.
```
output {
if [type] == "LOG" {
elasticsearch {
action => "index"
template_overwrite => true
hosts => ["localhost:9200"]
index => "corr"
workers => 2
}
}
}
```
Please suggest what I am doing wrong ?
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-template-is-getting-ignored-by-latest-ls2-0/35363/2 "2015-11-23T22:26:58Z")
Elasticsearch 2.0 no longer allows you to use file-based templates. You must use the [\_template API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.0/indices-templates.html) to insert templates. (If you look at the 1.6 documentation, you'll see that the bottom-most block of text still allows for this config-file type template).
Fortunately, Logstash can do this for you. Just move that custom mapping file (must be complete JSON) to somewhere your Logstash user can read from, and add
```
template => "/path/to/mapping_template.json"
```
to your elasticsearch output block.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-template-is-getting-ignored-by-latest-ls2-0/35363/3 "2017-07-06T05:21:39Z")