# Is there another way to import template at boot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat, heartbeat\ **Created:** [April 4, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-another-way-to-import-template-at-boot/301544 "2022-04-04T17:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rschirin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rschirin/32/45283_2.png) [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-another-way-to-import-template-at-boot/301544/1 "2022-04-04T17:10:23Z")
Hey there, I am configuring several Beats with a custom mapping. I would just to know if there is another way to load custom template (`setup.template.*`) at startup or I must use the `fields.yml` file. I mean, if I have hundreds of fields I have to specify all of them into my custom `fields.yml` file. Not really easy I guess. ---
**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-another-way-to-import-template-at-boot/301544/2 "2022-04-05T12:33:18Z")
Apart from specifying a fields using a `fields.yml` file you have two more options. You can also use `setup.template.append_fields` to add custom fields to the default template. Alternatively, if you want to load a completely custom template you can use `setup.template.json.*` settings to configure a JSON template. See more: [Configure Elasticsearch index template loading | Heartbeat Reference [8.1] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/heartbeat/current/configuration-template.html) ---
**Author:** ![rschirin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rschirin/32/45283_2.png) [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-another-way-to-import-template-at-boot/301544/3 "2022-04-05T14:07:40Z")
I tried to use `setup.template.json.*` but nothing happened. No index template is created and taking a look to Filebeat logs (enabling them to DEBUG level) I can just see a warning message related to legacy/composable index template. > DEPRECATED: Please migrate your JSON templates from legacy template format to composable index template. Will be removed in version: 8.0.0 If I try to manually create index template, using the exact content of my json file, it works properly. This is my filebeat.yml configuration: ```auto logging.level: debug setup.template.json.enabled: true setup.template.json.path: "template.json" setup.template.json.name: "customtemplate" filebeat.inputs: - type: filestream paths: - /usr/share/filebeat/input_data/*.csv output.elasticsearch: ... ... ... ``` ---
**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-another-way-to-import-template-at-boot/301544/4 "2022-04-13T13:02:40Z")
Could you please share the debug logs? ---
**Author:** ![rschirin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rschirin/32/45283_2.png) [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-another-way-to-import-template-at-boot/301544/5 "2022-04-15T10:35:06Z")
This is the Filebeat logs: ```auto 2022-04-15T10:02:11.593Z INFO instance/beat.go:686 Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Data path: [/usr/share/filebeat/data] Logs path: [/usr/share/filebeat/logs] Hostfs Path: [/] 2022-04-15T10:02:11.593Z DEBUG [beat] instance/beat.go:744 Beat metadata path: /usr/share/filebeat/data/meta.json 2022-04-15T10:02:11.597Z INFO instance/beat.go:694 Beat ID: 82b90266-41e7-4df4-a383-275ffc9ca118 2022-04-15T10:02:11.602Z WARN [cfgwarn] template/config.go:88 DEPRECATED: Please migrate your JSON templates from legacy template format to composable index template. Will be removed in version: 8.0.0 2022-04-15T10:02:11.604Z DEBUG [seccomp] seccomp/seccomp.go:117 Loading syscall filter {"seccomp_filter": {"no_new_privs":true,"flag":"tsync","policy":{"default_action":"errno","syscalls":[{"names":["accept","accept4","access","arch_prctl","bind","brk","chmod","chown","clock_gettime","clone","clone3","close","connect","dup","dup2","epoll_create","epoll_create1","epoll_ctl","epoll_pwait","epoll_wait","exit","exit_group","fchdir","fchmod","fchmodat","fchown","fchownat","fcntl","fdatasync","flock","fstat","fstatfs","fsync","ftruncate","futex","getcwd","getdents","getdents64","geteuid","getgid","getpeername","getpid","getppid","getrandom","getrlimit","getrusage","getsockname","getsockopt","gettid","gettimeofday","getuid","inotify_add_watch","inotify_init1","inotify_rm_watch","ioctl","kill","listen","lseek","lstat","madvise","mincore","mkdirat","mmap","mprotect","munmap","nanosleep","newfstatat","open","openat","pipe","pipe2","poll","ppoll","pread64","pselect6","pwrite64","read","readlink","readlinkat","recvfrom","recvmmsg","recvmsg","rename","renameat","rt_sigaction","rt_sigprocmask","rt_sigreturn","sched_getaffinity","sched_yield","sendfile","sendmmsg","sendmsg","sendto","set_robust_list","setitimer","setsockopt","shutdown","sigaltstack","socket","splice","stat","statfs","sysinfo","tgkill","time","tkill","uname","unlink","unlinkat","wait4","waitid","write","writev"],"action":"allow"}]}}} 2022-04-15T10:02:11.604Z INFO [seccomp] seccomp/seccomp.go:124 Syscall filter successfully installed 2022-04-15T10:02:11.605Z INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:1040 Beat info {"system_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "/usr/share/filebeat", "data": "/usr/share/filebeat/data", "home": "/usr/share/filebeat", "logs": "/usr/share/filebeat/logs"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "82b90266-41e7-4df4-a383-275ffc9ca118"}}} 2022-04-15T10:02:11.605Z INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:1049 Build info {"system_info": {"build": {"commit": "1d05ba86138cfc9a5ae5c0acc64a57b8d81678ff", "libbeat": "7.17.1", "time": "2022-02-23T23:38:04.000Z", "version": "7.17.1"}}} 2022-04-15T10:02:11.605Z INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:1052 Go runtime info {"system_info": {"go": {"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":4,"version":"go1.17.6"}}} 2022-04-15T10:02:11.607Z INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:1056 Host info {"system_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2022-04-12T21:18:03Z","containerized":false,"name":"filebeat","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","172.18.0.2/16"],"kernel_version":"5.10.104-linuxkit","mac":["02:42:ac:12:00:02"],"os":{"type":"linux","family":"debian","platform":"ubuntu","name":"Ubuntu","version":"20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)","major":20,"minor":4,"patch":3,"codename":"focal"},"timezone":"UTC","timezone_offset_sec":0}}} 2022-04-15T10:02:11.607Z INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:1085 Process info {"system_info": {"process": {"capabilities": {"inheritable":["chown","dac_override","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","net_bind_service","net_raw","sys_chroot","mknod","audit_write","setfcap"],"permitted":["chown","dac_override","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","net_bind_service","net_raw","sys_chroot","mknod","audit_write","setfcap"],"effective":["chown","dac_override","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","net_bind_service","net_raw","sys_chroot","mknod","audit_write","setfcap"],"bounding":["chown","dac_override","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","net_bind_service","net_raw","sys_chroot","mknod","audit_write","setfcap"],"ambient":null}, "cwd": "/usr/share/filebeat", "exe": "/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat", "name": "filebeat", "pid": 7, "ppid": 1, "seccomp": {"mode":"filter","no_new_privs":true}, "start_time": "2022-04-15T10:02:10.620Z"}}} 2022-04-15T10:02:11.607Z INFO instance/beat.go:328 Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 7.17.1 2022-04-15T10:02:11.608Z DEBUG [beat] instance/beat.go:354 Initializing output plugins 2022-04-15T10:02:11.608Z INFO [index-management] idxmgmt/std.go:184 Set output.elasticsearch.index to 'seclog' as ILM is enabled. 2022-04-15T10:02:11.608Z WARN [cfgwarn] tlscommon/config.go:100 DEPRECATED: Treating the CommonName field on X.509 certificates as a host name when no Subject Alternative Names are present is going to be removed. Please update your certificates if needed. Will be removed in version: 8.0.0 2022-04-15T10:02:11.611Z DEBUG [tls] tlscommon/tls.go:172 Successfully loaded CA certificate: /usr/share/filebeat/ca.crt 2022-04-15T10:02:11.611Z INFO [esclientleg] eslegclient/connection.go:105 elasticsearch url: https://elasticsearch:9200 2022-04-15T10:02:11.612Z DEBUG [tls] tlscommon/tls.go:172 Successfully loaded CA certificate: /usr/share/filebeat/ca.crt 2022-04-15T10:02:11.613Z WARN [tls] tlscommon/tls_config.go:101 SSL/TLS verifications disabled. 2022-04-15T10:02:11.614Z DEBUG [publisher] pipeline/consumer.go:148 start pipeline event consumer 2022-04-15T10:02:11.614Z INFO [publisher] pipeline/module.go:113 Beat name: filebeat 2022-04-15T10:02:11.622Z INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:142 Starting metrics logging every 30s 2022-04-15T10:02:11.623Z INFO instance/beat.go:492 filebeat start running. ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-another-way-to-import-template-at-boot/301544/6 "2022-05-13T12:35:19Z")
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