# ElasticSearch MetricBeat indexing issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-metricbeat-indexing-issue/99212>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 3, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-metricbeat-indexing-issue/99212 "2017-09-03T07:23:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ratnakar\_Sadasyula](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ratnakar_sadasyula/32/21775_2.png) [@Ratnakar\_Sadasyula](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ratnakar_Sadasyula)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-metricbeat-indexing-issue/99212/1 "2017-09-03T07:23:05Z")

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Hi

I have installed MetricBeat on my Windows system. And started it. In the configuration metricbeats.yml I have set the elasticsearch property as follows

_output.elasticsearch:_  
\_ # Array of hosts to connect to.\_  
\_ hosts: ["10.193.164.145:9200"]\_  
\_ [template.name](http://template.name): "metricbeat"\_  
\_ template.path: "metricbeat.template.json"\_  
\_ template.overwrite: false\_

Now when I start my MetricBeat, I repeatedly get this message in the logs

_Can not index event (status=400): "MapperParsingException[mapping [default]]; nested: MapperParsingException[No handler for type [keyword] declared on field [hostname]]; "_

What is the issue here?

Is it due to compatibility? My ElasticSearch version is 1.4.x and MetricBeats is 5.5.x

Please do let me know.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-metricbeat-indexing-issue/99212/2 "2017-09-03T09:03:06Z")

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Per [MetricBeat compatibility with ElasticSearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-compatibility-with-elasticsearch/99213), you need a newer version of Elasticsearch.

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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:** [October 1, 2017, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-metricbeat-indexing-issue/99212/3 "2017-10-01T09:03:28Z")

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