# Do we need to create new index for file beat?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-need-to-create-new-index-for-file-beat/55663
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [July 15, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-need-to-create-new-index-for-file-beat/55663 "2016-07-15T22:49:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@dubul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dubul)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-need-to-create-new-index-for-file-beat/55663/1 "2016-07-15T22:49:44Z")
I'm using filebeat to ship logs from windows machine to Elasticsearch, with default filebeats setting.
When i try to ship logs using filebeat from other server, i couldnt see any logs on elasticsearch.
In the earlier filebeat shipping the index formed is filebeat, i want to change the name of the index jenkins logs to it if it works, i tried using editing filebeat.yml.
Does elasticsearch listen to multiple filebeat from different servers??
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### Author:  [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-need-to-create-new-index-for-file-beat/55663/2 "2016-07-20T13:44:30Z")
Have you checked filebeat logs about output errors? filebeat normally creates index `filebeat-`. If clock is not in sync (check `$ date` output), events might end up in an old index.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-need-to-create-new-index-for-file-beat/55663/3 "2017-07-05T21:50:55Z")