# Injest multiple json files into elasticsearch using filebeat as a different index for each file **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [August 9, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/injest-multiple-json-files-into-elasticsearch-using-filebeat-as-a-different-index-for-each-file/194652 "2019-08-09T16:27:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sadhika7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sadhika7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sadhika7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/injest-multiple-json-files-into-elasticsearch-using-filebeat-as-a-different-index-for-each-file/194652/1 "2019-08-09T16:27:54Z")
I am trying to injest multiple json files into elasticsearch using filebeat but each json file as a different index name in elasticsearch. Do I also need to use logstash for this? I am able to install a single json file into elasticsearch but wasn't sure of how I would injest multiple json files each with a different index name. When I tried to injest another json file and restart filebeat, the harvester did not start. Any suggestions on how I could do this? ![filebeat-harvester%20not%20started](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/2/1247b72a322f909b30828a6a6c876a70383ce422.png) ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/injest-multiple-json-files-into-elasticsearch-using-filebeat-as-a-different-index-for-each-file/194652/2 "2019-08-09T17:03:42Z")
Why do you want to create an index per file? Having a lot of small indices and shards is very inefficient and can lead to performance problems. ---
**Author:** ![sadhika7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sadhika7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sadhika7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/injest-multiple-json-files-into-elasticsearch-using-filebeat-as-a-different-index-for-each-file/194652/3 "2019-08-09T18:25:49Z")
Hi Christian! These are pcap files and all the files have the same fields but with different call-ids and different use cases. So I wanted to differentiate these files with their index name. Is there an efficient way to do this or would it be really inefficient? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/injest-multiple-json-files-into-elasticsearch-using-filebeat-as-a-different-index-for-each-file/194652/4 "2019-08-09T18:27:29Z")
How many files do you have? ---
**Author:** ![sadhika7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sadhika7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sadhika7)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/injest-multiple-json-files-into-elasticsearch-using-filebeat-as-a-different-index-for-each-file/194652/5 "2019-08-09T18:32:40Z")
Currently five files but will grow over time and I might have to delete the older files too if needed ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/injest-multiple-json-files-into-elasticsearch-using-filebeat-as-a-different-index-for-each-file/194652/6 "2019-09-06T18:32:43Z")
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