# Index template not taking effect on index created
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [December 6, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464 "2017-12-06T07:11:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@pope843](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pope843)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464/1 "2017-12-06T07:11:25Z")
Hello guys,
i have a problem on my index creation, the i can see that mappings/settings is created based on the template as checked (GET \_template). but the created index doesnt get the mappings/settings when created.
Here is my config for the output
output {
if [type] == "log" {
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> ["awsES:443"]
sniffing =\> false
index =\> "em-hlr-applog-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
template =\> "/home/ubuntu/ELK/my-emhlrlog-template-updated.json"
template\_name =\> "log-_"
template\_overwrite =\> true
document\_type =\> "%{[@metadata][type]}"
}
}
else if [type] == "sys" {
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> ["awsES:443"]
sniffing =\> false
manage\_template =\> false
index =\> "emhlr-syslog-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
template =\> "/home/ubuntu/ELK/my-syslogtemplate-updated.json"
template\_name =\> "syslog-_"
template\_overwrite =\> true
document\_type =\> "%{[@metadata][type]}"
}
}
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464/2 "2017-12-08T06:23:52Z")
And what does the template look like?
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### Author:  [@pope843](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pope843)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464/3 "2017-12-08T06:29:56Z")
Hello Magnus,
Please see below. Index template already take effect. But is it possible to have multiple mappings for different "type" (document\_type in filebeat) on a single template file.
like ex. i have the following "type".
webapplog
feapplog
uiapplog
hlrlog
----template---
{
```
"template": "*applog-*",
"settings": {
"analysis": {
"index" : {
"number_of_shards" : 3,
"number_of_replicas" : 1
},
"analyzer": {
"domain_name_analyzer": {
"filter":"lowercase",
"tokenizer": "domain_name_tokenizer",
"type": "custom"
}
},
"tokenizer": {
"domain_name_tokenizer": {
"type": "PathHierarchy",
"delimiter": ".",
"reverse": true
}
}
}
},
"mappings": {
"hlrlog": {
"properties": {
"message": {
"type": "text",
"fields": {
"ws": {
"type": "text",
"analyzer": "whitespace"
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
}
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464/4 "2017-12-08T06:37:09Z")
So what happens if you create an index named e.g. em-hlr-applog-2017.12.31 with a REST call to ES? What mappings does the index get?
> Please see below. Index template already take effect. But is it possible to have multiple mappings for different "type" (document\_type in filebeat) on a single template file.
Yes.
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### Author:  [@pope843](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pope843)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464/5 "2017-12-08T07:18:15Z")
here magnus, you can see i have multiple mappings that should not be included. I've used multiple index template file for each "type".
{
"em-hlr-applog-2017.12.07" : {
"aliases" : { },
"mappings" : {
"maprouterlog" : {
"properties" : {
"message" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"ws" : {
"type" : "text",
"analyzer" : "whitespace"
}
}
}
}
},
"hlrlog" : {
"properties" : {
"%{" : {
"properties" : {
"@metadata" : {
"properties" : {
"fingerprint" : {
"properties" : {
"}" : {
"type" : "long"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"@timestamp" : {
"type" : "date"
},
"@version" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"akkatimestamp" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"beat" : {
"properties" : {
"hostname" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"name" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"version" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
}
}
},
"dateko" : {
"type" : "date"
},
"host" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"input\_type" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"message" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"ws" : {
"type" : "text",
"analyzer" : "whitespace"
}
}
},
"offset" : {
"type" : "long"
},
"received\_at" : {
"type" : "date"
},
"received\_from" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"source" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"tags" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"timestampko" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
},
"type" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"keyword" : {
"type" : "keyword",
"ignore\_above" : 256
}
}
}
}
},
"applog" : {
"properties" : {
"message" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"ws" : {
"type" : "text",
"analyzer" : "whitespace"
}
}
}
}
},
"emggsnlog" : {
"properties" : {
"message" : {
"type" : "text",
"fields" : {
"ws" : {
"type" : "text",
"analyzer" : "whitespace"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"settings" : {
"index" : {
"number\_of\_shards" : "5",
"provided\_name" : "em-hlr-applog-2017.12.07",
"creation\_date" : "1512604806737",
"analysis" : {
"index" : {
"number\_of\_shards" : "3",
"number\_of\_replicas" : "1"
},
"analyzer" : {
"domain\_name\_analyzer" : {
"filter" : "lowercase",
"type" : "custom",
"tokenizer" : "domain\_name\_tokenizer"
}
},
"tokenizer" : {
"domain\_name\_tokenizer" : {
"reverse" : "true",
"type" : "PathHierarchy",
"delimiter" : "."
}
}
},
"number\_of\_replicas" : "1",
"uuid" : "Ace2Job1RgCc7l8KA8O4Qw",
"version" : {
"created" : "5050299"
}
}
}
}
}
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464/6 "2017-12-08T08:27:00Z")
> here magnus, you can see i have multiple mappings that should not be included.
But that's not the mappings of an index you've created with a REST call is it? I want to see what it looks like before you start adding documents with Logstash.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-not-taking-effect-on-index-created/110464/7 "2018-01-05T08:27:02Z")
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