# How to create a geo\_point field in logstash for a default index logstash-\*
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830 "2018-07-06T06:23:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@George\_Cherian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Cherian)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830/1 "2018-07-06T06:23:32Z")
Hi
How to make a field geo\_point type in logstash itself , so that I don't need to initial create a index manually with geo\_point temple and the use it in logstash , which is double work.
Thanks
George
---
### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830/2 "2018-07-06T06:33:42Z")
You should leverage templates for your mappings, that is the best way if you are using a non `logstash-` named index.
---
### Author:  [@George\_Cherian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Cherian)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830/3 "2018-07-06T07:05:48Z")
> [@warkolm](#):
>
> your mappings, that is the best way if you are using a non `logstash`
how can it be done for logstash-named index?
---
### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830/4 "2018-07-06T07:18:39Z")
Are you changing the name of the field, or using the defaults from the geoip filter?
---
### Author:  [@George\_Cherian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Cherian)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830/5 "2018-07-06T10:22:57Z")
> [@warkolm](#):
>
> geoip
I need the location field shown in the below snippet as geo\_point , so for that can I use geoip plugin instead of mutate?
filter{
if[Site] == "Manassas"
{
mutate{
add\_field =\> { "location" =\> "38.7509,-77.4753" }
}
}
........
---
### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830/6 "2018-07-07T07:13:37Z")
Ohh ok, now that makes sense. (Side note, posting your config can help get a resolution a bit quicker 🙂 )
You may need to adapt the existing template, because the default one by Logstash uses `geoip.location` but you are using just `location`. Otherwise, just call that field `geoip.location`.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-geo-point-field-in-logstash-for-a-default-index-logstash/138830/7 "2018-08-04T07:13:40Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.