# How to add custom index using ingest node pipeline?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-index-using-ingest-node-pipeline/291176
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** ingest-pipeline
**Created:** [December 8, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-index-using-ingest-node-pipeline/291176 "2021-12-08T03:25:37Z")
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### Author:  [@sidharth\_vijayakumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sidharth_vijayakumar)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-index-using-ingest-node-pipeline/291176/1 "2021-12-08T03:25:38Z")
Is it possible to create conditional indexing by using ingest node pipelines? I feel this could be done by the script processor but can someone tell if this is possible?
I am in a scenario where I should decide which is a better way to do custom indexing. I can mention conditions in the metricbeat.yml /filebeat.yml files to get this done. But is this the best way to do custom indexing? There is no logstash in my elastic stack
```
output.elasticsearch:
indices:
- index: "metricbeat-dev-%{[agent.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
when.equals:
kubernetes.namespace: "dev"
```
This is how I have implemented custom indexing in metric/filebeat right now. I have like 20+ namespace in my kubernetes cluster. Please help in suggesting if this could be done by ingest node pipeline or not
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-index-using-ingest-node-pipeline/291176/2 "2022-01-05T03:26:28Z")
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