# Incorrect HTTP method for uri /\_template/ and method PUT, allowed: GET (404)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri-template-and-method-put-allowed-get-404/161559
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri-template-and-method-put-allowed-get-404/161559 "2018-12-19T16:40:30Z")
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### Author:  [@tlacuache](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tlacuache)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri-template-and-method-put-allowed-get-404/161559/1 "2018-12-19T16:40:30Z")
I'm having an issue getting a custom beat to load the template into elasticsearch.
Here is the section from my beat's config file:
```
setup.template.enabled: true
setup.template.name: "foobarbeat-%{[beat.version]}"
setup.template.pattern: "foobarbeat-%{[beat.version]}-*"
setup.template.json.enabled: true
setup.template.json.path: "${path.config}/foobarbeat.template.json"
setup.template.overwrite: true
```
Here's the beat's startup output:
```
2018-12-19T09:26:07.042-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:592 Home path: [/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat] Config path: [/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat] Data path: [/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat/data] Logs path: [/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat/logs]
2018-12-19T09:26:07.042-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:599 Beat UUID: cdd1ad88-e6e3-4af1-aec1-c815666efbfb
2018-12-19T09:26:07.043-0700 INFO [seccomp] seccomp/seccomp.go:116 Syscall filter successfully installed
2018-12-19T09:26:07.043-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:825 Beat info {"system_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat", "data": "/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat/data", "home": "/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat", "logs": "/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat/logs"}, "type": "foobarbeat", "uuid": "cdd1ad88-e6e3-4af1-aec1-c815666efbfb"}}}
2018-12-19T09:26:07.043-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:834 Build info {"system_info": {"build": {"commit": "unknown", "libbeat": "6.5.3", "time": "1754-08-30T22:43:41.128Z", "version": "6.5.3"}}}
2018-12-19T09:26:07.043-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:837 Go runtime info {"system_info": {"go": {"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":8,"version":"go1.10.5"}}}
2018-12-19T09:26:07.046-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:841 Host info {"system_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2018-12-14T11:13:19-07:00","containerized":false,"name":"develhost","ip":["fe80::f027:40ff:fe3d:25bc/64","127.0.0.1/8","::1/128","fe80::8c54:c5ff:fe91:e8b0/64","172.16.10.162/24","fe80::9a90:96ff:fe9f:db13/64","172.17.0.1/16","fe80::42:2eff:fe84:1835/64","fe80::b09d:d8ff:fee0:1f2a/64","172.19.0.1/16","fe80::42:2aff:fedd:3d31/64","192.168.161.1/24","fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64","fe80::c44a:a0ff:fe1a:95cf/64","192.168.95.1/24","fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64","fe80::800f:74ff:fe95:9482/64","fe80::1c4a:aff:fe20:ed0/64","fe80::7865:1ff:fe7e:c075/64","fe80::5080:edff:feca:e315/64","fe80::602b:fdff:feca:8f77/64","192.168.32.1/20","fe80::42:93ff:fe8f:c90f/64"],"kernel_version":"4.18.0-3-amd64","mac":["f2:27:40:3d:25:bc","8e:54:c5:91:e8:b0","98:90:96:9f:db:13","02:42:2e:84:18:35","b2:9d:d8:e0:1f:2a","02:42:2a:dd:3d:31","00:50:56:c0:00:01","c6:4a:a0:1a:95:cf","00:50:56:c0:00:08","82:0f:74:95:94:82","1e:4a:0a:20:0e:d0","7a:65:01:7e:c0:75","52:80:ed:ca:e3:15","62:2b:fd:ca:8f:77","02:42:93:8f:c9:0f"],"os":{"family":"debian","platform":"debian","name":"Debian GNU/Linux","version":"","major":0,"minor":0,"patch":0},"timezone":"MST","timezone_offset_sec":-25200,"id":"a6e443eb17d74d9ba83b7b4b494107aa"}}}
2018-12-19T09:26:07.046-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:870 Process info {"system_info": {"process": {"capabilities": {"inheritable":null,"permitted":null,"effective":null,"bounding":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend","audit_read"],"ambient":null}, "cwd": "/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat", "exe": "/home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat/foobarbeat", "name": "foobarbeat", "pid": 28479, "ppid": 28471, "seccomp": {"mode":"filter","no_new_privs":true}, "start_time": "2018-12-19T09:26:06.340-0700"}}}
2018-12-19T09:26:07.046-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:278 Setup Beat: foobarbeat; Version: 6.5.3
2018-12-19T09:26:07.046-0700 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:163 Elasticsearch url: https://localhost:9200
2018-12-19T09:26:07.047-0700 INFO [publisher] pipeline/module.go:110 Beat name: develhost
2018-12-19T09:26:07.047-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:400 foobarbeat start running.
2018-12-19T09:26:07.047-0700 INFO beater/foobarbeat.go:39 foobarbeat is running! Hit CTRL-C to stop it.
```
And here is the error when it tries to send an event:
```
2018-12-19T09:26:11.557-0700 INFO beater/foobarbeat.go:74 Event sent
2018-12-19T09:26:12.557-0700 INFO pipeline/output.go:95 Connecting to backoff(elasticsearch(https://localhost:9200))
2018-12-19T09:26:12.557-0700 WARN tlscommon/tls_config.go:79 SSL/TLS verifications disabled.
2018-12-19T09:26:12.591-0700 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:713 Connected to Elasticsearch version 6.5.3
2018-12-19T09:26:12.592-0700 INFO template/load.go:82 Loading template for Elasticsearch version: 6.5.3
2018-12-19T09:26:12.592-0700 INFO template/load.go:84 Existing template will be overwritten, as overwrite is enabled.
2018-12-19T09:26:12.593-0700 INFO template/load.go:94 Loading json template from file /home/tlacuache/Desktop/foobarbeat/foobarbeat.template.json
2018-12-19T09:26:13.594-0700 ERROR pipeline/output.go:100 Failed to connect to backoff(elasticsearch(https://localhost:9200)): Connection marked as failed because the onConnect callback failed: Error loading Elasticsearch template: could not load template. Elasticsearch returned: couldn't load template: couldn't load json. Error: 405 Method Not Allowed: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/_template/] and method [PUT], allowed: [GET]","status":405}. Response body: {"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/_template/] and method [PUT], allowed: [GET]","status":405}. Template is: [... cut out for length ...]
```
At first I thought I was having an issue with libbeat it builds with being a different version than elasticsearch but as you can see from the output they are both 6.5.3. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@tlacuache](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tlacuache)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri-template-and-method-put-allowed-get-404/161559/2 "2018-12-19T16:46:55Z")
I was able to load it manually:
```
$ curl -XPUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "http://192.168.32.2:9200/_template/foobarbeat-6.5.3" -d@foobarbeat.template.json
{"acknowledged":true}
```
So somehow I've got to configure my beat to do the same thing
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### Author:  [@tlacuache](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tlacuache)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri-template-and-method-put-allowed-get-404/161559/3 "2018-12-19T17:42:24Z")
So it would seem my issue is that my beat is trying to just use this URI:
`/_template/`
when it should be trying to use
`/_template/foobarbeat-6.5.3`
But I'm not sure where to set that up in the configuration.
---
### Author:  [@tlacuache](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tlacuache)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri-template-and-method-put-allowed-get-404/161559/4 "2018-12-19T17:57:49Z")
I think I'm figuring it out.
It would appear `setup.template.json.name` is the missing piece.
The documentation is not very clear about what this is for, it just says something like "set the name of the template." But with wireshark i'm able to see what it's passing and I'm getting closer to having it working.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/incorrect-http-method-for-uri-template-and-method-put-allowed-get-404/161559/5 "2019-01-16T16:40:35Z")
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