# Failed to install template

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template/312949>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template/312949 "2022-08-25T16:57:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Queren\_Santos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/queren_santos/32/109847_2.png) [@Queren\_Santos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Queren_Santos)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template/312949/1 "2022-08-25T16:57:52Z")

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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:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template/312949/2 "2022-08-25T17:58:07Z")

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Share your logstash version, config and pipeline config. It may be setting this to false:

> **[Elasticsearch output plugin | Logstash Reference \[8.4\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#plugins-outputs-elasticsearch-manage_template)**

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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:** [September 22, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-install-template/312949/3 "2022-09-22T17:58:19Z")

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