# Exiting: index management requested but the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [June 3, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687 "2024-06-03T05:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ascalonking](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ascalonking/32/134867_2.png) [@ascalonking](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ascalonking)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/1 "2024-06-03T05:50:57Z")
Hello! I have a problem, I installed a new ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana). On the client server I installed **filebit** to monitor auditd. When I run the command " **filebit setup -e**" I get the following error ```auto [username@srv-tst-01 filebeat]# filebeat setup -e {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-03T08:25:17.424+0300","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd/instance.(*Beat).configure","file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":811},"message":"Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat]","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-03T08:25:17.424+0300","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd/instance.(*Beat).configure","file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":819},"message":"Beat ID: e8298b9a-59ce-46cc-a6b8-b6821c0785f9","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} 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{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-03T08:25:17.515+0300","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd/instance.(*Beat).createBeater","file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":334},"message":"Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 8.13.4","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-03T08:25:17.524+0300","log.logger":"publisher","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/publisher/pipeline.LoadWithSettings","file.name":"pipeline/module.go","file.line":105},"message":"Beat name: srv-tst-01.domain.local","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-03T08:25:17.525+0300","log.logger":"modules","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/fileset.newModuleRegistry","file.name":"fileset/modules.go","file.line":135},"message":"Enabled modules/filesets: ","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"warn","@timestamp":"2024-06-03T08:25:17.525+0300","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/beater.(*Filebeat).setupPipelineLoaderCallback","file.name":"beater/filebeat.go","file.line":193},"message":"Filebeat is unable to load the ingest pipelines for the configured modules because the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled. If you have already loaded the ingest pipelines or are using Logstash pipelines, you can ignore this warning.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2024-06-03T08:25:17.525+0300","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd/instance.handleError","file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1340},"message":"Exiting: index management requested but the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} Exiting: index management requested but the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled ``` client filebit.yml ```auto ###################### Filebeat Configuration Example ######################### # This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common # options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the # supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference. # # You can find the full configuration reference here: # https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html # For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample # configuration file. # ============================== Filebeat inputs =============================== filebeat.inputs: # Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so # you can use different inputs for various configurations. # Below are the input-specific configurations. # filestream is an input for collecting log messages from files. - type: filestream # Unique ID among all inputs, an ID is required. id: my-filestream-id # Change to true to enable this input configuration. enabled: true # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths. paths: - /var/log/*.log #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\* - /var/log/secure - /var/log/message - /var/log/syslog # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are # matching any regular expression from the list. # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines # before parsers, use include_message parser. #exclude_lines: ['^DBG'] # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are # matching any regular expression from the list. # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines # before parsers, use include_message parser. #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN'] # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped. #prospector.scanner.exclude_files: ['.gz$'] # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering #fields: # level: debug # review: 1 # ============================== Filebeat modules ============================== filebeat.config.modules: # Glob pattern for configuration loading path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml # Set to true to enable config reloading reload.enabled: false # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes #reload.period: 10s # ======================= Elasticsearch template setting ======================= setup.template.settings: index.number_of_shards: 1 #index.codec: best_compression #_source.enabled: false # ================================== General =================================== # The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group # all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface. #name: # The tags of the shipper are included in their field with each # transaction published. #tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"] # Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the # output. #fields: # env: staging # ================================= Dashboards ================================= # These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading # the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the # options here or by using the `setup` command. #setup.dashboards.enabled: false # The URL from where to download the dashboard archive. By default, this URL # has a value that is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released # versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co # website. #setup.dashboards.url: # =================================== Kibana =================================== # Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API. # This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration. setup.kibana: host: "http://192.168.0.66:5601" # Kibana Host # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601) # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601 #host: "localhost:5601" # Kibana Space ID # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default, # the Default Space will be used. #space.id: # =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================ # These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/). # The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and # `setup.kibana.host` options. # You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI. #cloud.id: # The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and # `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `:`. #cloud.auth: # ================================== Outputs =================================== # Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat. # ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ---------------------------- #output.elasticsearch: # Array of hosts to connect to. # hosts: ["localhost:9200"] # Performance preset - one of "balanced", "throughput", "scale", # "latency", or "custom". preset: balanced # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`. #protocol: "https" # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password. #api_key: "id:api_key" #username: "elastic" #password: "changeme" # ------------------------------ Logstash Output ------------------------------- output.logstash: # The Logstash hosts hosts: ["192.168.0.66:5044"] # Optional SSL. By default is off. # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"] # Certificate for SSL client authentication #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem" # Client Certificate Key #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key" # ================================= Processors ================================= processors: - add_host_metadata: when.not.contains.tags: forwarded - add_cloud_metadata: ~ - add_docker_metadata: ~ - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~ # ================================== Logging =================================== # Sets log level. The default log level is info. # Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug #logging.level: debug # At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components. # To enable all selectors, use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat", # "publisher", "service". #logging.selectors: ["*"] # ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ============================== # Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring # cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The # reporting is disabled by default. # Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter. #monitoring.enabled: false # Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this # Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch # is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch. #monitoring.cluster_uuid: # Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the # Elasticsearch outputs are accepted here as well. # Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster. # Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch # output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such # that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply # uncomment the following line. #monitoring.elasticsearch: # ============================== Instrumentation =============================== # Instrumentation support for the filebeat. #instrumentation: # Set to true to enable instrumentation of filebeat. #enabled: false # Environment in which filebeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.) #environment: "" # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to. #hosts: # - http://localhost:8200 # API Key for the APM Server(s). # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored. #api_key: # Secret token for the APM Server(s). #secret_token: # ================================= Migration ================================== # This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases #migration.6_to_7.enabled: true ``` Please help! ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/2 "2024-06-03T06:07:03Z")
> [@ascalonking](#): > > ```auto > output.logstash: > # The Logstash hosts > hosts: ["192.168.0.66:5044"] > > ``` You have setup FB for Logstash instead of Elasticsearch. You should set: ```auto output.elasticsearch: # Array of hosts to connect to. hosts: ["192.168.0.66:9200"] #protocol: "https" # check this on ES side, most likely you are using https with username and pass, #username: "elastic" #password: "changeme" # Performance preset - one of "balanced", "throughput", "scale", # "latency", or "custom". preset: balanced # comment: # output.logstash: # The Logstash hosts # hosts: ["192.168.0.66:5044"] ``` Read [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html). ---
**Author:** ![ascalonking](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ascalonking/32/134867_2.png) [@ascalonking](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ascalonking)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/3 "2024-06-03T06:10:50Z")
I would like the filebit to be sent to logstash rather than elastic ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/4 "2024-06-03T06:15:21Z")
> [@ascalonking](#): > > `filebeat setup -e` This means import dashboards and set index, ingestions... in ES, which cannot be without ES. So, first set ES, complete your "setup -e" activities, then continue with LS. If you don't need dashboards and others things outofbox, set only output.logstash as you started, but do not use "setup -e" command. If you want to read you logs, just run the command: `filebeat -e` or start the FB service. ---
**Author:** ![ascalonking](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ascalonking/32/134867_2.png) [@ascalonking](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ascalonking)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/5 "2024-06-04T11:29:34Z")
I fixed the file "filebit" and now it gives the following error ```auto Overwriting lifecycle policy is disabled. Set `setup.ilm.overwrite: true` to overwrite. {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:34.779+0300","log.logger":"index-management","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/idxmgmt.(*indexManager).Setup","file.name":"idxmgmt/index_support.go","file.line":254},"message":"Auto lifecycle enable success.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:34.785+0300","log.logger":"index-management.ilm","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/idxmgmt/lifecycle.(*stdManager).EnsurePolicy","file.name":"lifecycle/standard_manager.go","file.line":111},"message":"lifecycle policy filebeat exists already.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:34.785+0300","log.logger":"index-management","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/idxmgmt.applyLifecycleSettingsToTemplate","file.name":"idxmgmt/index_support.go","file.line":402},"message":"Set settings.index.lifecycle.name in template to filebeat as ILM is enabled.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:34.801+0300","log.logger":"template","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/template.(*templateBuilder).buildBody","file.name":"template/load.go","file.line":263},"message":"Existing template will be overwritten, as overwrite is enabled.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:36.056+0300","log.logger":"template_loader","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/template.(*ESLoader).loadTemplate","file.name":"template/load.go","file.line":177},"message":"Try loading template filebeat-8.13.4 to Elasticsearch","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:36.160+0300","log.logger":"template_loader","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/template.(*ESLoader).Load","file.name":"template/load.go","file.line":134},"message":"Template with name \"filebeat-8.13.4\" loaded.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:36.164+0300","log.logger":"template_loader","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/template.(*ESLoader).Load","file.name":"template/load.go","file.line":150},"message":"Data stream with name \"filebeat-8.13.4\" already exists.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:36.164+0300","log.logger":"index-management","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/idxmgmt.(*indexManager).Setup","file.name":"idxmgmt/index_support.go","file.line":299},"message":"Loaded index template.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} Index setup finished. Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable) {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:36.164+0300","log.logger":"kibana","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/kibana.NewClientWithConfigDefault","file.name":"kibana/client.go","file.line":182},"message":"Kibana url: http://localhost:5601","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:36.165+0300","log.origin":{"function":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd/instance.handleError","file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1340},"message":"Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to http://localhost:5601/api/status fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get \"http://localhost:5601/api/status\": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:5601: connect: connection refused (status=0). Response: ","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to http://localhost:5601/api/status fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get "http://localhost:5601/api/status": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:5601: connect: connection refused (status=0). Response: ``` filebeat.yml ```auto ###################### Filebeat Configuration Example ######################### # This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common # options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the # supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference. # # You can find the full configuration reference here: # https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html # For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample # configuration file. # ============================== Filebeat inputs =============================== filebeat.inputs: # Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so # you can use different inputs for various configurations. # Below are the input-specific configurations. # filestream is an input for collecting log messages from files. - type: filestream # Unique ID among all inputs, an ID is required. id: my-filestream-id # Change to true to enable this input configuration. enabled: true # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths. paths: - /var/log/*.log #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\* - /var/log/secure - /var/log/messages # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are # matching any regular expression from the list. # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines # before parsers, use include_message parser. #exclude_lines: ['^DBG'] # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are # matching any regular expression from the list. # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines # before parsers, use include_message parser. #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN'] # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped. #prospector.scanner.exclude_files: ['.gz$'] # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering #fields: # level: debug # review: 1 # ============================== Filebeat modules ============================== filebeat.config.modules: # Glob pattern for configuration loading path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml # Set to true to enable config reloading reload.enabled: false # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes #reload.period: 10s # ======================= Elasticsearch template setting ======================= setup.template.settings: index.number_of_shards: 1 #index.codec: best_compression #_source.enabled: false # ================================== General =================================== # The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group # all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface. #name: # The tags of the shipper are included in their field with each # transaction published. #tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"] # Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the # output. #fields: # env: staging # ================================= Dashboards ================================= # These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading # the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the # options here or by using the `setup` command. #setup.dashboards.enabled: false # The URL from where to download the dashboard archive. By default, this URL # has a value that is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released # versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co # website. #setup.dashboards.url: # =================================== Kibana =================================== # Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API. # This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration. setup.kibana: hosts: "http://192.168.0.66:5601" # Kibana Host # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601) # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601 #host: "localhost:5601" # Kibana Space ID # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default, # the Default Space will be used. #space.id: # =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================ # These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/). # The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and # `setup.kibana.host` options. # You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI. #cloud.id: # The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and # `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `:`. #cloud.auth: # ================================== Outputs =================================== # Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat. # ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ---------------------------- output.elasticsearch: # Array of hosts to connect to. hosts: ["192.168.0.66:9200"] # Performance preset - one of "balanced", "throughput", "scale", # "latency", or "custom". preset: balanced # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`. #protocol: "https" # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password. #api_key: "id:api_key" #username: "elastic" #password: "changeme" # ------------------------------ Logstash Output ------------------------------- #output.logstash: # The Logstash hosts #hosts: ["localhost:5044"] # Optional SSL. By default is off. # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"] # Certificate for SSL client authentication #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem" # Client Certificate Key #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key" # ================================= Processors ================================= processors: - add_host_metadata: when.not.contains.tags: forwarded - add_cloud_metadata: ~ - add_docker_metadata: ~ - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~ # ================================== Logging =================================== # Sets log level. The default log level is info. # Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug #logging.level: debug # At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components. # To enable all selectors, use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat", # "publisher", "service". #logging.selectors: ["*"] # ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ============================== # Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring # cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The # reporting is disabled by default. # Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter. #monitoring.enabled: false # Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this # Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch # is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch. #monitoring.cluster_uuid: # Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the # Elasticsearch outputs are accepted here as well. # Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster. # Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch # output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such # that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply # uncomment the following line. #monitoring.elasticsearch: # ============================== Instrumentation =============================== # Instrumentation support for the filebeat. #instrumentation: # Set to true to enable instrumentation of filebeat. #enabled: false # Environment in which filebeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.) #environment: "" # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to. #hosts: # - http://localhost:8200 # API Key for the APM Server(s). # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored. #api_key: # Secret token for the APM Server(s). #secret_token: # ================================= Migration ================================== # This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases #migration.6_to_7.enabled: true ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/6 "2024-06-04T12:06:03Z")
> [@Rios](#): > > `protocol: "https" # check this on ES side, most likely you are using https with username and pass, ` Please check how you access to ES http or https, with or without username/pass ---
**Author:** ![ascalonking](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ascalonking/32/134867_2.png) [@ascalonking](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ascalonking)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/7 "2024-06-04T12:50:46Z")
when I open the page "[http://192.168.0.66:5601](http://192.168.0.66:5601)" it does not ask me for a login and password, I immediately see the page with elastic elasticsearch.yml ```auto # ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration ========================= # # NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings. # Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you # understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences. # # The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists # the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster. # # Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options: # https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html # # ---------------------------------- Cluster ----------------------------------- # # Use a descriptive name for your cluster: # cluster.name: es_cluster cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node01", "node02", "nod03"] #cluster.initial_master_nodes: # # ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------ # # Use a descriptive name for the node: # node.name: node01 node.roles: [master, data] # # Add custom attributes to the node: # #node.attr.rack: r1 # # ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------ # # Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma): # path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch # # Path to log files: # path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch # # ----------------------------------- Memory ----------------------------------- # # Lock the memory on startup: # #bootstrap.memory_lock: true # # Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available # on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this # limit. # # Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory. # # ---------------------------------- Network ----------------------------------- # # By default Elasticsearch is only accessible on localhost. Set a different # address here to expose this node on the network: # network.host: 192.168.0.66 # # By default Elasticsearch listens for HTTP traffic on the first free port it # finds starting at 9200. Set a specific HTTP port here: # http.port: 9200 # # For more information, consult the network module documentation. # # --------------------------------- Discovery ---------------------------------- # # Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when this node is started: # The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"] # discovery.seed_hosts: ["192.168.0.66", "192.168.0.67", "192.168.0.68"] # # Bootstrap the cluster using an initial set of master-eligible nodes: # #cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node01", "node02", "node03"] # # For more information, consult the discovery and cluster formation module documentation. # # ---------------------------------- Various ----------------------------------- # # Allow wildcard deletion of indices: # #action.destructive_requires_name: false #----------------------- BEGIN SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION ----------------------- # # The following settings, TLS certificates, and keys have been automatically # generated to configure Elasticsearch security features on 20-05-2024 12:40:41 # # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Enable security features #xpack.security.enabled: true xpack.security.enabled: false xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true #xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: false # Enable encryption for HTTP API client connections, such as Kibana, Logstash, and Agents xpack.security.http.ssl: enabled: false keystore.path: certs/http.p12 #xpack.security.http.ssl: # enabled: false # keystore.path: certs/http.p12 # Enable encryption and mutual authentication between cluster nodes xpack.security.transport.ssl: enabled: false verification_mode: certificate keystore.path: certs/transport.p12 truststore.path: certs/transport.p12 # Create a new cluster with the current node only # Additional nodes can still join the cluster later #cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node01"] # Allow HTTP API connections from anywhere # Connections are encrypted and require user authentication http.host: 0.0.0.0 # Allow other nodes to join the cluster from anywhere # Connections are encrypted and mutually authenticated #transport.host: 0.0.0.0 #----------------------- END SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION ------------------------- ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/8 "2024-06-04T12:57:59Z")
I see, you run filebeat setup > {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2024-06-04T14:19:36.165+0300","log.origin":{"function":"[github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd/instance.handleError","file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1340},"message":"Exiting:](http://github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd/instance.handleError%22,%22file.name%22:%22instance/beat.go%22,%22file.line%22:1340%7D,%22message%22:%22Exiting:) error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to [http://localhost:5601/api/status](http://localhost:5601/api/status) fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get "[http://localhost:5601/api/status\](http://localhost:5601/api/status%5C)": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:5601: connect: connection refused (status=0). Response: ","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} Change in filebeat.yml, as was before, but **host** not hosts: ```auto setup.kibana: host: "http://192.168.0.66:5601" ``` FB is trying to connect to Kibana as localhost and a wrong setting. Also if you have Kib auth, set it. ---
**Author:** ![ascalonking](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ascalonking/32/134867_2.png) [@ascalonking](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ascalonking)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-index-management-requested-but-the-elasticsearch-output-is-not-configured-enabled/360687/9 "2024-06-06T09:57:23Z")
Everything worked, thank you very much for your help