Error loading config file

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I generate a custom beat based on metricbeat and try to run it.
But it gives me the error like this:

CRIT Exiting: error loading config file: config file ("xxx.yml") can only be writable by the owner but the permissions are "-rw-rw-r--"

Does any one has this problem before?

Thanks

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The beat will not run if the configuration file is writable by anyone other than the owner. This is for security reasons. So remove the group write permissions (chmod g-w xxx.yml).

This is also a -strict.perms=false flag that you can pass to disable the check.

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Thank you Andrew

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Hi Andrew,

I have one more question, which file can I configure the name of index?

currently, I have:

{"total":1,"max_score":1.2039728,"hits":[{"_index":"xxxbeat-2017.02.16","_type":"diagnostic","_id":"AVpISGlHFNbirvEa1F2k","_score":1.2039728,"_source":{"@timestamp":"2017-02-16T18:56:28.458Z"...

I want the index to be like: "index":"diagnostic-2017.02.16","..."

Thanks

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This is an index option in the output configurations. See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html#_index.

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