# Filebeat Error and Configuration Issues
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-and-configuration-issues/334094
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [May 23, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-and-configuration-issues/334094 "2023-05-23T09:24:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Priyaansh\_Dwivedi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priyaansh_Dwivedi)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-and-configuration-issues/334094/1 "2023-05-23T09:24:13Z")
Despite my efforts, I have been unable to resolve the following error messages and configuration challenges. Your expertise and guidance would be greatly appreciated!
When checking the status of Filebeat, I encountered the following error:
```auto
ExecStart=/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat --environment systemd $BEAT_LOG_OPTS $BEAT_CONFIG_OPTS $BEAT_PATH_OPTS (code=exited, status=>
Main PID: 76406 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
```
Upon running the command `filebeat -v -e -d "*"`, I received the following error message:
```auto
"message":"Exiting: setup.template.name and setup.template.pattern have to be set if index name is modified","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Exiting: setup.template.name and setup.template.pattern have to be set if index name is modified
```
My Configuration YAML File:
```auto
filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
enabled: true
paths:
- /var/log/jitsi/jicofo.log
fields:
log_type: jicofo
- type: log
enabled: true
paths:
- /var/log/jitsi/jvb.log
fields:
log_type: jvb
filebeat.config.modules:
path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
reload.enabled: false
setup.template.settings:
index.number_of_shards: 1
setup.kibana:
output.elasticsearch:
hosts: ["abc.def.ghij.kl:9200"]
index: "filebeat-%{[fields.log_type]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
setup.template.name: "filebeat"
setup.template.pattern: "filebeat"
processors:
- add_host_metadata:
when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
- add_cloud_metadata: ~
- add_docker_metadata: ~
- add_kubernetes_metadata: ~
```
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### Author:  [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-and-configuration-issues/334094/2 "2023-05-24T13:36:31Z")
Hi @Priyaansh_Dwivedi,
It looks like it's not picking up the `setup.template.name` and `setup.template.pattern` properties in your YAML configuration. Should those properties not be specified as top level config (i.e. not under output.elasticsearch)?
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### Author:  [@Priyaansh\_Dwivedi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priyaansh_Dwivedi)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-and-configuration-issues/334094/3 "2023-05-25T10:38:37Z")
Thanks for your reply. Highly appreciated.
So where should the `setup.template.name` and `setup.template.pattern` be placed can you give more light to them?
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### Author:  [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-and-configuration-issues/334094/4 "2023-05-25T11:56:20Z")
So not indented under output as you have at the moment:
```yml
setup.template.name: "filebeat"
setup.template.pattern: "filebeat"
setup.template.settings:
index.number_of_shards: 1
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-and-configuration-issues/334094/5 "2023-06-22T13:56:56Z")
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