# FIlebeat MapperParsingException

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-mapperparsingexception/90329>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 21, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-mapperparsingexception/90329 "2017-06-21T16:15:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![manojkal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@manojkal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojkal)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-mapperparsingexception/90329/1 "2017-06-21T16:15:29Z")

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WARN Can not index event (status=400): "RemoteTransportException[[es-elasticsearch-masters-1][inet[/10.42.8.185:9300]][indices:admin/create]]; nested: MapperParsingException[mapping [_default_]]; nested: MapperParsingException[No handler for type [keyword] declared on field [referrer]]; "  
2017-06-21T09:10:39-07:00 WARN Can not index event (status=400): "RemoteTransportException[[es-elasticsearch-masters-1][inet[/10.42.8.185:9300]][indices:admin/create]]; nested: MapperParsingException[mapping [_default_]]; nested: MapperParsingException[No handler for type [keyword] declared on field [referrer]]; "

Filebeat.yml:

filebeat:

prospectors:

```
- input_type: log
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log

```

registry\_file: /var/lib/filebeat/registry

output.elasticsearch:  
hosts: ["10.8.20.149:80/es"]  
[template.name](http://template.name): "filebeat"  
template.path: "filebeat.template.json"  
template.overwrite: false  
output:  
logstash:  
hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

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**Author:** ![manojkal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@manojkal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojkal)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-mapperparsingexception/90329/2 "2017-06-21T17:51:03Z")

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Issue resolved after loading index patterns into es cluster.

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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:** [July 19, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-mapperparsingexception/90329/3 "2017-07-19T17:51:19Z")

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