# Error in setting up the Metricbeat
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-setting-up-the-metricbeat/301512
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** beats-module, metricbeat
**Created:** [April 4, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-setting-up-the-metricbeat/301512 "2022-04-04T12:43:11Z")
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### Author:  [@Siavash\_Fazli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siavash_Fazli)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-setting-up-the-metricbeat/301512/1 "2022-04-04T12:43:11Z")
Hi guys!!
I have a problem with Metricbeat V 7.16.2
I have two VPS, one of them for test another one is product environment.
I ran the metricbeat successfully on my test server, but in the production environment, I got this error:
```auto
2022-04-04T17:05:09.786+0430 ERROR [index-management.ilm] ilm/std.go:133 Index Alias metricbeat-7.16.2 setup failed: failed to create alias: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/%3Cmetricbeat-7.16.2-%7Bnow/d%7D-000001%3E] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}: 405 Method Not Allowed: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/%3Cmetricbeat-7.16.2-%7Bnow/d%7D-000001%3E] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}.
2022-04-04T17:05:09.786+0430 ERROR instance/beat.go:1015 Exiting: failed to create alias: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/%3Cmetricbeat-7.16.2-%7Bnow/d%7D-000001%3E] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}: 405 Method Not Allowed: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/%3Cmetricbeat-7.16.2-%7Bnow/d%7D-000001%3E] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}
Exiting: failed to create alias: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/%3Cmetricbeat-7.16.2-%7Bnow/d%7D-000001%3E] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}: 405 Method Not Allowed: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/%3Cmetricbeat-7.16.2-%7Bnow/d%7D-000001%3E] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}
```
I search the internet but I can't find a fine solution.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-setting-up-the-metricbeat/301512/2 "2022-05-02T14:43:32Z")
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