# Index template overwritten with default setup.template.overwrite false
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-overwritten-with-default-setup-template-overwrite-false/223684
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 16, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-overwritten-with-default-setup-template-overwrite-false/223684 "2020-03-16T04:34:08Z")
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### Author:  [@MagicNotElastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MagicNotElastic)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-overwritten-with-default-setup-template-overwrite-false/223684/1 "2020-03-16T04:34:08Z")
in escloud
I've got some index templates with optimized configuration, yet everytime they are being overwritten, logs confirms it:
[instance-0000000011] adding template [winlogbeat-7.5.2-blabla] for index patterns [winlogbeat-7.5.2-blabla-\*]
This log occurs every 10-15 minutes, existing index template name and pattern are the same.
I'm sending data directly from Beats with mostly default configuration, including this:
```auto
setup.template.name: "filebeat"
setup.template.pattern: "filebeat-*"
setup.ilm.rollover_alias: "filebeat-%{[agent.version]}-blabla"
```
documentation says:
**`setup.template.overwrite`**
A boolean that specifies whether to overwrite the existing template. **The default is false**.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-template-overwritten-with-default-setup-template-overwrite-false/223684/2 "2020-04-13T04:41:42Z")
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