# Filebeat : resource 'filebeat' exists, but it is not an alias
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-resource-filebeat-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/289228
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-resource-filebeat-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/289228 "2021-11-15T19:04:40Z")
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### Author:  [@rp346](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rp346)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-resource-filebeat-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/289228/1 "2021-11-15T19:04:40Z")
I have ELB set up running in kubernetes. But seeing following logs in filebeats
```auto
2021-11-15T18:08:27.786Z ERROR [publisher_pipeline_output] pipeline/output.go:154 Failed to connect to backoff(elasticsearch(http://elasticsearch:9200)): Connection marked as failed because the onConnect callback failed: resource 'filebeat-7.14.0' exists, but it is not an alias
2021-11-15T18:08:27.787Z INFO [publisher] pipeline/retry.go:219 retryer: send unwait signal to consumer
2021-11-15T18:08:27.787Z INFO [publisher] pipeline/retry.go:223 done
2021-11-15T18:08:27.786Z INFO [publisher_pipeline_output] pipeline/output.go:145 Attempting to reconnect to backoff(elasticsearch(http://elasticsearch:9200)) with 32 reconnect attempt(s)
```
Following is my configuration I am using
> **configuration**
>
> ```auto
> # ========================= # ========================= # ==========================
> # https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-reference-yml.html
> # ========================== Filebeat global options ===========================
>
> # Registry data path. If a relative path is used, it is considered relative to the
> # data path.
> #filebeat.registry.path: ${path.data}/registry
>
> # The permissions mask to apply on registry data, and meta files. The default
> # value is 0600. Must be a valid Unix-style file permissions mask expressed in
> # octal notation. This option is not supported on Windows.
> #filebeat.registry.file_permissions: 0600
>
> # The timeout value that controls when registry entries are written to disk
> # (flushed). When an unwritten update exceeds this value, it triggers a write
> # to disk. When flush is set to 0s, the registry is written to disk after each
> # batch of events has been published successfully. The default value is 0s.
> #filebeat.registry.flush: 0s
>
> # Starting with Filebeat 7.0, the registry uses a new directory format to store
> # Filebeat state. After you upgrade, Filebeat will automatically migrate a 6.x
> # registry file to use the new directory format. If you changed
> # filebeat.registry.path while upgrading, set filebeat.registry.migrate_file to
> # point to the old registry file.
> #filebeat.registry.migrate_file: ${path.data}/registry
>
> # By default Ingest pipelines are not updated if a pipeline with the same ID
> # already exists. If this option is enabled Filebeat overwrites pipelines
> # everytime a new Elasticsearch connection is established.
> #filebeat.overwrite_pipelines: false
>
> # How long filebeat waits on shutdown for the publisher to finish.
> # Default is 0, not waiting.
> #filebeat.shutdown_timeout: 0
>
> # Enable filebeat config reloading
> filebeat.config:
> inputs:
> enabled: true
> path: inputs.d/*.yml
> reload.enabled: true
> reload.period: 10s
> modules:
> enabled: true
> path: modules.d/*.yml
> reload.enabled: true
> reload.period: 10s
>
> # =========================== Filebeat autodiscover ============================
>
> # Autodiscover allows you to detect changes in the system and spawn new modules
> # or inputs as they happen.
>
> filebeat.autodiscover:
> providers:
> - type: kubernetes
> hints.enabled: true
>
> processors:
> - add_cloud_metadata:
> cloud.id: ${ELASTIC_CLOUD_ID}
> cloud.auth: ${ELASTIC_CLOUD_AUTH}
>
> # ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
> output.elasticsearch:
> # Boolean flag to enable or disable the output module.
> enabled: true
>
> # Array of hosts to connect to.
> # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 9200)
> # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:9200/path
> # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:9200
> hosts: ['${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST:elasticsearch}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PORT:9200}']
>
> # Set gzip compression level.
> #compression_level: 0
>
> # Configure escaping HTML symbols in strings.
> #escape_html: false
>
> # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
> protocol: "http"
>
> # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
> #api_key: "id:api_key"
> username: ${ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME}
> password: ${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD}
>
> # Dictionary of HTTP parameters to pass within the URL with index operations.
> #parameters:
> #param1: value1
> #param2: value2
>
> # Number of workers per Elasticsearch host.
> #worker: 1
>
> # Optional index name. The default is "filebeat" plus date
> # and generates [filebeat-]YYYY.MM.DD keys.
> # In case you modify this pattern you must update setup.template.name and setup.template.pattern accordingly.
> #index: "filebeat-%{[agent.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
>
> # Optional ingest node pipeline. By default no pipeline will be used.
> #pipeline: ""
>
> # Optional HTTP path
> #path: "/elasticsearch"
>
> # The number of times a particular Elasticsearch index operation is attempted. If
> # the indexing operation doesn't succeed after this many retries, the events are
> # dropped. The default is 3.
> max_retries: 3
>
> # The maximum number of events to bulk in a single Elasticsearch bulk API index request.
> # The default is 50.
> bulk_max_size: 50
>
> # The number of seconds to wait before trying to reconnect to Elasticsearch
> # after a network error. After waiting backoff.init seconds, the Beat
> # tries to reconnect. If the attempt fails, the backoff timer is increased
> # exponentially up to backoff.max. After a successful connection, the backoff
> # timer is reset. The default is 1s.
> backoff.init: 1s
>
> # The maximum number of seconds to wait before attempting to connect to
> # Elasticsearch after a network error. The default is 60s.
> backoff.max: 60s
>
> # Configure HTTP request timeout before failing a request to Elasticsearch.
> timeout: 90
>
> # ====================== Index Lifecycle Management (ILM) ======================
>
> # Configure index lifecycle management (ILM). These settings create a write
> # alias and add additional settings to the index template. When ILM is enabled,
> # output.elasticsearch.index is ignored, and the write alias is used to set the
> # index name.
>
> # Enable ILM support. Valid values are true, false, and auto. When set to auto
> # (the default), the Beat uses index lifecycle management when it connects to a
> # cluster that supports ILM; otherwise, it creates daily indices.
> setup.ilm.enabled: true
>
> # Set the prefix used in the index lifecycle write alias name. The default alias
> # name is 'filebeat-%{[agent.version]}'.
> setup.ilm.rollover_alias: 'filebeat-%{[agent.version]}'
>
> # Set the rollover index pattern. The default is "%{now/d}-000001".
> setup.ilm.pattern: "{now/d}-000001"
>
> # Set the lifecycle policy name. The default policy name is
> # 'beatname'.
> setup.ilm.policy_name: "filebeat-rollover-7-days"
>
> # The path to a JSON file that contains a lifecycle policy configuration. Used
> # to load your own lifecycle policy.
> setup.ilm.policy_file: /usr/share/filebeat/policy/ilm-policy.json
>
> # Disable the check for an existing lifecycle policy. The default is true. If
> # you disable this check, set setup.ilm.overwrite: true so the lifecycle policy
> # can be installed.
> setup.ilm.check_exists: true
>
> # Overwrite the lifecycle policy at startup. The default is false.
> setup.ilm.overwrite: false
>
> # ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
> # Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
> # cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The
> # reporting is disabled by default.
>
> # Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
> # monitoring.enabled: true
>
> # Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
> # Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
> # is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
> #monitoring.cluster_uuid:
>
> # ================================== Logging ===================================
>
> # There are four options for the log output: file, stderr, syslog, eventlog
> # The file output is the default.
>
> # Sets log level. The default log level is info.
> # Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
> logging.level: info
>
> # Enable debug output for selected components. To enable all selectors use ["*"]
> # Other available selectors are "beat", "publisher", "service"
> # Multiple selectors can be chained.
> #logging.selectors: []
>
> # Send all logging output to stderr. The default is false.
> #logging.to_stderr: false
>
> # Send all logging output to syslog. The default is false.
> #logging.to_syslog: false
>
> # Send all logging output to Windows Event Logs. The default is false.
> #logging.to_eventlog: false
>
> # If enabled, Filebeat periodically logs its internal metrics that have changed
> # in the last period. For each metric that changed, the delta from the value at
> # the beginning of the period is logged. Also, the total values for
> # all non-zero internal metrics are logged on shutdown. The default is true.
> logging.metrics.enabled: true
>
> # The period after which to log the internal metrics. The default is 30s.
> logging.metrics.period: 30s
>
> # Logging to rotating files. Set logging.to_files to false to disable logging to
> # files.
> logging.to_files: false
> # logging.files:
> # Configure the path where the logs are written. The default is the logs directory
> # under the home path (the binary location).
> #path: /var/log/filebeat
>
> # The name of the files where the logs are written to.
> #name: filebeat
>
> # Configure log file size limit. If limit is reached, log file will be
> # automatically rotated
> #rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB
>
> # Number of rotated log files to keep. Oldest files will be deleted first.
> #keepfiles: 7
>
> # The permissions mask to apply when rotating log files. The default value is 0600.
> # Must be a valid Unix-style file permissions mask expressed in octal notation.
> #permissions: 0600
>
> # Enable log file rotation on time intervals in addition to size-based rotation.
> # Intervals must be at least 1s. Values of 1m, 1h, 24h, 7*24h, 30*24h, and 365*24h
> # are boundary-aligned with minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years as
> # reported by the local system clock. All other intervals are calculated from the
> # Unix epoch. Defaults to disabled.
> #interval: 0
>
> # Rotate existing logs on startup rather than appending to the existing
> # file. Defaults to true.
> # rotateonstartup: true
>
> # Rotated files are either suffixed with a number e.g. filebeat.1 when
> # renamed during rotation. Or when set to date, the date is added to
> # the end of the file. On rotation a new file is created, older files are untouched.
> #suffix: count
>
> # Set to true to log messages in JSON format.
> #logging.json: false
>
> ```
If I disable `setup.ilm.enabled: false` I don't see any error
Any idea what I am doing wrong here ?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-resource-filebeat-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/289228/2 "2021-11-15T22:39:17Z")
Do you have any indices in your cluster called `filebeat-7.14.0`?
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### Author:  [@rp346](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rp346)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-resource-filebeat-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/289228/4 "2021-11-22T21:10:32Z")
I double checked, and noticed indices with name `filebeat-7.14.0` was not created. How can I fix this in the configuration ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-resource-filebeat-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/289228/5 "2021-12-20T23:10:39Z")
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