# Filebeat installation not creating index in ElasticSearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [August 29, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-installation-not-creating-index-in-elasticsearch/98735 "2017-08-29T17:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hammertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@hammertime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hammertime)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-installation-not-creating-index-in-elasticsearch/98735/1 "2017-08-29T17:05:48Z")
I have just installed Windows ElasticSearch x64 , Kibana(x86) 5.5.2 and FileBeats(x86) to my Windows 10. I should see an indice created for both Kibana and FileBeats but do not see one for FIlebeats. The ElasticSearch cat shows as follows. Some from Kibana, health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size yellow open .kibana E8cuRzLqTw-7yoLr7s1iGw 1 1 1 0 3.2kb 3.2kb The Filebeats log indicates that ES is set as a for the output. The filebeat.prospector is as follows filebeat.prospectors: # Each - is a prospector. Most options can be set at the prospector level, so # you can use different prospectors for various configurations. # Below are the prospector specific configurations. - input\_type: log And the filebeat log is 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Metrics logging every 30s 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Loading template enabled for Elasticsearch 2.x. Reading template file: C:\Program Files (x86)\elk\filebeat\filebeat.template-es2x.json 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Loading template enabled for Elasticsearch 6.x. Reading template file: C:\Program Files (x86)\elk\filebeat\filebeat.template-es6x.json 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Elasticsearch url: [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200) 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Activated elasticsearch as output plugin. 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Publisher name: Hammertime 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Flush Interval set to: 1s 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Max Bulk Size set to: 50 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO filebeat start running. 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Registry file set to: C:\ProgramData\filebeat\registry 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Loading registrar data from C:\ProgramData\filebeat\registry 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO States Loaded from registrar: 0 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Loading Prospectors: 1 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Starting Registrar 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Start sending events to output 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Starting spooler: spool\_size: 2048; idle\_timeout: 5s 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Prospector with previous states loaded: 0 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Starting prospector of type: log; id: 2849417448995922770 2017-08-30T02:58:16+10:00 INFO Loading and starting Prospectors completed. Enabled prospectors: 1 2017-08-30T02:58:46+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T02:59:16+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T02:59:46+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:00:16+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:00:46+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:01:16+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:01:46+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:02:16+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:02:46+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:03:16+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:03:46+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:04:16+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s 2017-08-30T03:04:46+10:00 INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s Thanks for any guidance ---
**Author:** ![hammertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@hammertime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hammertime)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-installation-not-creating-index-in-elasticsearch/98735/2 "2017-08-30T13:12:36Z")
I have resolved this issue as a typo in the filebeat.yml prospector. The was an s when there should not have been, C:\ProgramData\Elastic\Elasticsearch\logs\*.logs Shouldnot end in 's' This ticket can be closed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-installation-not-creating-index-in-elasticsearch/98735/3 "2017-09-27T13:12:50Z")
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