# Kubernetes / docker data through non-metricbeat index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-docker-data-through-non-metricbeat-index/182761>\
**Category:** Metrics\
**Created:** [May 25, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-docker-data-through-non-metricbeat-index/182761 "2019-05-25T14:52:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ethrbunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ethrbunny/32/34603_2.png) [@ethrbunny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ethrbunny)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-docker-data-through-non-metricbeat-index/182761/1 "2019-05-25T14:52:16Z")

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Any chance of supporting this? Metricbeat indexes were getting too cumbersome so I split out k8 and docker (among other things) to separate indexes. I'd like to be able to use these in the infrastructure panel (in addition to the 'hosts' display which seems to be working ok)

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**Author:** ![simianhacker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simianhacker/32/3383_2.png) [@simianhacker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simianhacker)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-docker-data-through-non-metricbeat-index/182761/2 "2019-05-25T17:27:11Z")

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You can add the additional index patterns to the metric alias in the configuration, separated by commas. As long as the UI reads from all the indices, it should work.

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**Author:** ![ethrbunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ethrbunny/32/34603_2.png) [@ethrbunny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ethrbunny)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-docker-data-through-non-metricbeat-index/182761/3 "2019-05-25T22:22:00Z")

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It's smart enough to look for some attributes in one index and others.. elsewhere?

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**Author:** ![simianhacker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simianhacker/32/3383_2.png) [@simianhacker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simianhacker)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-docker-data-through-non-metricbeat-index/182761/4 "2019-05-25T23:05:25Z")

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Yes, everything should work fine. If you do have issue let us know.

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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:** [June 22, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-docker-data-through-non-metricbeat-index/182761/5 "2019-06-22T23:05:29Z")

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