# Failed to install template {:message=\>"Got response code '400' contacting Elasticsearch at URL
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template-message-got-response-code-400-contacting-elasticsearch-at-url/312939
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template-message-got-response-code-400-contacting-elasticsearch-at-url/312939 "2022-08-25T15:05:48Z")
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### Author:  [@Queren\_Santos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Queren_Santos)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template-message-got-response-code-400-contacting-elasticsearch-at-url/312939/1 "2022-08-25T15:05:48Z")
Can anyone help? My template in Elasticsearch is ready, but Logstash does not send the index to which it is already created:
ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch][main] Failed to install template {:message=\>"Got response code '400' contacting Elasticsearch at URL '[http://localhost:9200/\_template/ecs-logstash'"](http://localhost:9200/_template/ecs-logstash%27%22), :exception=\>LogStash::Outputs::Elasticsearch::HttpClient::Pool::BadResponseCodeError, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client/manticore\_adapter.rb:84:in `perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:324:in `perform\_request\_to\_url'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client/pool.rb:311:in `block in perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:398:in `with\_connection'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client/pool.rb:310:in `perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:318:in `block in Pool'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client.rb:408:in `template_put'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client.rb:85:in `template\_install'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template\_manager.rb:29:in `install'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template_manager.rb:17:in `install\_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:494:in `install_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:318:in `finish\_register'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:283:in `block in register'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/elasticsearch/common.rb:154:in `block in after\_successful\_connection'"]}
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template-message-got-response-code-400-contacting-elasticsearch-at-url/312939/2 "2022-09-22T15:06:15Z")
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