# Define an index for weblogs being sent from Filebeat \> Logstash \> Elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-an-index-for-weblogs-being-sent-from-filebeat-logstash-elasticsearch/168352
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 14, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-an-index-for-weblogs-being-sent-from-filebeat-logstash-elasticsearch/168352 "2019-02-14T07:53:40Z")
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### Author:  [@bradfordaemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bradfordaemorton)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-an-index-for-weblogs-being-sent-from-filebeat-logstash-elasticsearch/168352/1 "2019-02-14T07:53:40Z")
How and where do I define an index for the weblogs being sent from Filebeat. Currently they are arriving as logstash-[thedate] which is not ideal.
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-an-index-for-weblogs-being-sent-from-filebeat-logstash-elasticsearch/168352/2 "2019-02-14T13:07:45Z")
In the logstash configuration, the [default index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#plugins-outputs-elasticsearch-index) used by an elasticsearch output is "logstash-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}". You are free to change that.
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### Author:  [@bradfordaemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bradfordaemorton)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-an-index-for-weblogs-being-sent-from-filebeat-logstash-elasticsearch/168352/3 "2019-02-14T20:36:55Z")
Thanks for the help. Should I update my outputs with:
```
ilm_enabled => true
index: "weblogs"
```
Or do I need to define other things?
My outputs is:
echo “” \> first-pipeline.conf
vim first-pipeline.conf
_input {_
_beats {_
_port =\> "5044"_
_}_
_}_
_filter {_
_grok {_
_match =\> { "message" =\> "%{COMBINEDAPACHELOG}"}_
_}_
_geoip {_
_source =\> "clientip"_
_}_
_}_
_output {_
_elasticsearch {_
_hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]_
_}_
_}_
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### Author:  [@bradfordaemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bradfordaemorton)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-an-index-for-weblogs-being-sent-from-filebeat-logstash-elasticsearch/168352/4 "2019-02-14T21:14:20Z")
You can disregard. I did some tweaking and it is now working with:
index =\> web\_logs
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-an-index-for-weblogs-being-sent-from-filebeat-logstash-elasticsearch/168352/5 "2019-03-14T21:14:22Z")
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