# ERR failed to initialize elasticsearch plugin as output
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [February 16, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276 "2017-02-16T04:43:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@franc\_right](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franc_right)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276/1 "2017-02-16T04:43:19Z")
hello
can someone help me understand the problem with this
Feb 14 12:25:57 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started filebeat.
Feb 14 12:25:57 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting filebeat...
[ctf@localhost ~]$ sudo filebeat -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml -e -d "\*"-path.config /etc/filebeat
[sudo] password for ctf:
2017/02/14 18:11:45.762963 beat.go:267: INFO Home path: [/home/ctf] Config path: [/home/ctf] Data path: [/home/ctf/data] Logs path: [/home/ctf/logs]
2017/02/14 18:11:45.763304 beat.go:177: INFO Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 5.1.2
2017/02/14 18:11:45.763447 logp.go:219: INFO Metrics logging every 30s
2017/02/14 18:11:45.765014 output.go:167: INFO Loading template enabled. Reading template file: /etc/filebeat/filebeat.template.json
2017/02/14 18:11:45.767400 output.go:178: INFO Loading template enabled for Elasticsearch 2.x. Reading template file: /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json
2017/02/14 18:11:45.767696 outputs.go:100: ERR failed to initialize elasticsearch plugin as output: Error loading template /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: open /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: no such file or directory
2017/02/14 18:11:45.767951 beat.go:288: CRIT Exiting: error initializing publisher: Error loading template /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: open /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: no such file or directory
Exiting: error initializing publisher: Error loading template /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: open /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: no such file or directory
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276/2 "2017-02-16T06:39:09Z")
> [@franc\_right](#):
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> Error loading template /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: open /home/ctf/filebeat.template-es2x.json: no such file or directory
Does that file exist?
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### Author:  [@franc\_right](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franc_right)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276/3 "2017-02-21T16:56:58Z")
i am looking for it but it does not exit, i am sorry i am near with elasticsearch, can you help me figure out how to create that template or download it.
thank you
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276/4 "2017-02-21T20:49:24Z")
How did you install filebeat?
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### Author:  [@franc\_right](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franc_right)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276/5 "2017-02-21T21:03:04Z")
hello, u figure it out, and it is working now but i am having a problem with Kibana. i am getting an error, failed to connect to console backend
please check the kibana server is up and running message
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/err-failed-to-initialize-elasticsearch-plugin-as-output/75276/6 "2017-03-21T21:03:11Z")
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