# Filebeat - It is not creating index on Elasticsearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-it-is-not-creating-index-on-elasticsearch/39913
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [January 22, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-it-is-not-creating-index-on-elasticsearch/39913 "2016-01-22T18:45:22Z")
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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-it-is-not-creating-index-on-elasticsearch/39913/2 "2016-01-23T16:41:04Z")

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Judging by [Issue with filebeat & logstash "Beats input: unhandled exception"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-filebeat-logstash-beats-input-unhandled-exception/33934) it seems you should update your beats plugin.

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