# \[Filebeat\] Specify Elasticsearch Ingest Pipeline with Hints-Based Autodiscover
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-specify-elasticsearch-ingest-pipeline-with-hints-based-autodiscover/298545
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** docker, filebeat
**Created:** [March 1, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-specify-elasticsearch-ingest-pipeline-with-hints-based-autodiscover/298545 "2022-03-01T18:15:03Z")
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### Author:  [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-specify-elasticsearch-ingest-pipeline-with-hints-based-autodiscover/298545/1 "2022-03-01T18:15:03Z")
How can I specify a custom Elasticsearch Ingest Pipeline for use with hints-based autodiscover. E.g., I would like to be able to include it as a pod annotation, rather than hardcode it into the autodiscover specification.
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### Author:  [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-specify-elasticsearch-ingest-pipeline-with-hints-based-autodiscover/298545/2 "2022-03-10T18:19:55Z")
It appears that this is available as of [filebeat-8.1.x](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/8.1/configuration-autodiscover-hints.html). I'm still using 7.15.0, and so will need to upgrade.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-specify-elasticsearch-ingest-pipeline-with-hints-based-autodiscover/298545/3 "2022-04-07T20:19:56Z")
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