# Filebeat output.logstash indicex & kibana index pattern for dashboard visualize

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-logstash-indicex-kibana-index-pattern-for-dashboard-visualize/112717>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 20, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-logstash-indicex-kibana-index-pattern-for-dashboard-visualize/112717 "2017-12-20T20:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-logstash-indicex-kibana-index-pattern-for-dashboard-visualize/112717/1 "2017-12-20T20:55:24Z")

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I'm using `filebeat` to collect some of the data:

```
# rpm -q filebeat
filebeat-6.1.0-1.x86_64
# 

```

per `filebeat.yml` there are two outputs:

```
# egrep 'output\..**\:$' /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml.rpmnew 
#output.elasticsearch:
output.logstash:
# 

```

unfortunately, direct access to elasticsearch isn't available and as alternative logstash is my only choice.

My question, since `logstash` writes data into `logstash-*` indices and yet `filebeat`'s Dashboards and/or Visualizes reads from `metricbeat-*`, how shall I deal with this?

Please advise.

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-logstash-indicex-kibana-index-pattern-for-dashboard-visualize/112717/2 "2017-12-28T01:52:50Z")

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You can configure the index Logstash should write to. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/6.1/logstash-installation.html#logstash-setup](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/6.1/logstash-installation.html#logstash-setup)

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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-logstash-indicex-kibana-index-pattern-for-dashboard-visualize/112717/3 "2017-12-28T16:19:53Z")

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Thanks a lot! That is _exactly_ what I was looking for)

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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:** [January 25, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-output-logstash-indicex-kibana-index-pattern-for-dashboard-visualize/112717/4 "2018-01-25T16:19:57Z")

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