# Filebeat modules es index names

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-es-index-names/186539>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 19, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-es-index-names/186539 "2019-06-19T20:26:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![stcdarrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@stcdarrell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stcdarrell)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-es-index-names/186539/1 "2019-06-19T20:26:38Z")

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i'm using filebeat's suricata and zeek modules, everything works great as long as i dont mess with the index names..

my issue is i have multiple sources sending in data from multiple locations..  
right now everything is feeding into filebeat-7.1.1 (alias) then its creating indexes that roll over.. (i think thats how it is working)

i'd like to be able to have the names filebeat-7.1.1-building1, filebeat-7.1.1-building2

when i modify the index name in any way via logstash, everything goes to hell.. the processing/piplelines done seem to work..  
-- suricata logs stop saying suricata and just say "json"  
-- dashboards stop being linked to data

any suggestions.. i've googled all i know to google.. and i'd searched this discussion board every way i know how.

thank you

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**Author:** ![sjabiulla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sjabiulla/32/48429_2.png) [@sjabiulla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sjabiulla)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-es-index-names/186539/2 "2019-06-20T07:06:37Z")

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1. Could you provide Filebeats & logstash config.
2. Did you try enabling debug logs in logstash to see what's going wrong

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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 18, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-modules-es-index-names/186539/3 "2019-07-18T07:06:58Z")

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