# Exiting: Index management requested but the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/287700>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/287700 "2021-10-26T13:59:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nil\_Battey\_Sannata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nil_battey_sannata/32/87040_2.png) [@Nil\_Battey\_Sannata](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nil_Battey_Sannata)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/287700/1 "2021-10-26T13:59:18Z")

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Hi,  
I am unable to setup filebeat to send logs to logstash, I followed few solutions of setting up index management using Elasticsearch output then delete old document but the issue is still exist.  
I have also disabled automatic index template loading. I don't know what's wrong.

Error: `Exiting: Index management requested but the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled`

filebeat.yml

```auto
filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
  enabled: true
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log
- type: filestream
  enabled: false
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log
# ============================== Filebeat modules ==============================
filebeat.config.modules:
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
  reload.enabled: false
# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
setup.ilm.overwrite: false
setup.template.enabled: false
setup.template.overwrite: false
setup.ilm.enabled: false
ilm.enabled: false
output.logstash:
  hosts: ["IP:5044"]
# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~

```

I followed this solution: [Load the Elasticsearch index template | Filebeat Reference [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-template.html#disable-template-loading)

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/287700/2 "2021-11-23T16:00:13Z")

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