# Index creating through logstash and show on kibana index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 17, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972 "2023-08-17T06:56:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bharti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bharti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bharti)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972/1 "2023-08-17T06:56:51Z")

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Hello ,  
I need a help on configuration of logstash output section....i want to create an index and fetch some particular logs on that index...whenever am creating a new index it is not showing on kibana

```auto
output {
  if "/var/log/abcd.log" in [log][file][path] {
        elasticsearch {
        hosts => ["http://localhost:9200"]
        index => "abcd-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
        manage_template => false
        pipeline => "%{[@metadata][pipeline]}"
        }
  } else {
        elasticsearch {
        hosts => ["http://localhost:9200"]
        index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
        }
  }
}

```

here is my recent configuration

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972/2 "2023-08-17T07:50:18Z")

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Check what is the [log][file][path] value  
Try with:  
`if [log][file][path] == "/var/log/abcd.log" { ...`

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**Author:** ![bharti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bharti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bharti)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972/3 "2023-08-17T08:20:37Z")

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not working

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**Author:** ![bharti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bharti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bharti)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972/4 "2023-08-18T05:09:59Z")

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do i need to change something on filebeat.yml too?

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972/5 "2023-08-18T19:05:52Z")

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You don't need to change anything, [log][file][path] is in LS as well as in FB.  
Please use ruby debug in the output to check the [log][file][path] value:

```auto
output {
   stdout { codec => rubydebug{ } }
...
}

```

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**Author:** ![bharti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bharti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bharti)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972/6 "2023-08-22T07:05:35Z")

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My index is creating after a very long time...like I created an index on 18th of August and it is showing on Kibana today i.e: 22nd of August  
so let me know if it is okay that it is taking time to load the index on Kibana.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-creating-through-logstash-and-show-on-kibana-index-pattern/340972/7 "2023-09-19T07:06:03Z")

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