# Filebeat default dashboard is not loading through logstash log injest

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388 "2019-11-25T22:13:44Z")
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### Author: ![Rmodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@Rmodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rmodi)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388/1 "2019-11-25T22:13:45Z")

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Hi,

First, I have injected my filebeat log to elsticsearch by logstash. It shows me the logs in kibana as well, manually I can even created a metric count for login attempts successfully.

However, after then I enable the default dashboard of filebeat, It don't show me dashboard output.

My configuration of filebeat.yml is following, [Here

############### 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](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.

- type: log

#============== 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: 3  
#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 own 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` CLI flag or the `setup` command.

#setup.dashboards.enabled: false  
**setup.dashboards.enabled: true**

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL

# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released

# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the [artifacts.elastic.co](http://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:**

# 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](http://localhost:5601/path)

# IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601

#host: "localhost:5601"  
**host: "10.200.14.36:5601"**

# 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/](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 `<user>:<pass>`.

#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"]

#hosts: ["10.200.14.36:9200"]

# Enabled ilm (beta) to use index lifecycle management instead daily indices.

#ilm.enabled: false

# Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.

#protocol: "https"  
#username: "elastic"  
#password: "changeme"

#----------------------- Logstash output -------------------  
output.logstash:

# The Logstash hosts

**hosts: ["[server.kibana.com:5044](http://server.kibana.com:5044)"]**

# Optional SSL. By default is off.

# List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications

#ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]  
**ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/etc/pki/tls/certs/logstash.crt"]**

# Certificate for SSL client authentication

#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

# Client Certificate Key

#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

#===================== Processors ==========

## Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:

- add\_host\_metadata: ~
- add\_cloud\_metadata: ~

Please let me know where I am wrong?

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### Author: ![Rmodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@Rmodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rmodi)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388/2 "2019-11-25T23:04:08Z")

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This is what I get when try to open dashboard of Filebeat System

**Could not locate that index-pattern-field (id: system.syslog.hostname)**

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### Author: ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388/3 "2019-11-26T15:42:14Z")

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Have you run `./filebeat setup`?

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### Author: ![Rmodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@Rmodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rmodi)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388/4 "2019-11-26T16:19:49Z")

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Hello Noemi,

Please find the attachment for running filebeat setup command.

 ![Screenshot_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/5/75857c8beeef31343972a4e1724e387f00de4542.png)

My log ingest is through Logstash, not directly to elsticsearch

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### Author: ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388/5 "2019-11-27T10:22:31Z")

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In order to load dashboards using Filebeat, you need to enable Elasticsearch output. Also, make sure that Logstash pipelines produce the same fields as if you used Ingest pipelines.

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### Author: ![Rmodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@Rmodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rmodi)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388/6 "2019-12-03T19:27:08Z")

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The issue was resolved Just need to enable system module in filebeat to generate default dashboard:---- **filebeat modules enable system**

And then **restart the service** as well check the output functioning **filebeat test output** which is OK and NOW its generated dashboards as expected....

Thank you

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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: [December 31, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-default-dashboard-is-not-loading-through-logstash-log-injest/209388/7 "2019-12-31T19:27:25Z")

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