# Load metricbeat sample dashboards in 6.1.2
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-metricbeat-sample-dashboards-in-6-1-2/116753
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [January 23, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-metricbeat-sample-dashboards-in-6-1-2/116753 "2018-01-23T21:30:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Ravikumar\_G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravikumar_G)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-metricbeat-sample-dashboards-in-6-1-2/116753/1 "2018-01-23T21:30:53Z")
just wondering so many options changed in ES 6.1.2 version wondersing how to load beats-dashboards-6.1.2.zip now
previously in 5.X followed like this
```auto
[root@localhost]# pwd
/usr/share/metricbeat/scripts
[root@localhost]# ./import_dashboards -file /root/beats-dashboards-5.5.1.zip -es http://10.251.33.130:8888 -user XXXX -pass XXXX
```
In documents mentioned in little confusion any help would be great
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.1/configuration-dashboards.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.1/configuration-dashboards.html)
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### Author:  [@Ravikumar\_G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravikumar_G)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-metricbeat-sample-dashboards-in-6-1-2/116753/2 "2018-01-24T16:25:31Z")
Figured 🙂
-- Edit metricbeat.yml at /etc/metricbeat and there setup the config as :
```auto
setup.kibana:
host: "localhost:5601"
#Add your ES IP
And change Elasticsearch output as below:
output.elasticsearch:
# Array of hosts to connect to.
hosts: ["localhost:9160"]
# Add your ES details
```
-- Then run from /etc/metricbeat
`/usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat setup --dashboards`
you might get an error as :
```auto
Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing directory /usr/share/metricbeat/bin/kibana: No directory /usr/share/metricbeat/bin/kibana/default
```
-- For this case it seems kibana dir is present under /usr/share/metricbeat but it is looking at /usr/share/metricbeat/bin , so copy the kibana dir at bin folder and run the command again.
```auto
cp -r /usr/share/metricbeat/kibana /usr/share/metricbeat/bin/
[root@elk-cclab38 metricbeat]# pwd
/etc/metricbeat
[root@elk-cclab38 metricbeat]# /usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat setup --dashboards
Loaded dashboards
[root@elk-cclab38 metricbeat]#
```
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### Author:  [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-metricbeat-sample-dashboards-in-6-1-2/116753/3 "2018-01-25T17:30:17Z")
I think the commands you were looking for are in [Step 4: Set up the Kibana dashboards](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.1/load-kibana-dashboards.html).
The main difference from what you did is in the command. You executed:
`/usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat setup --dashboards`
but you should execute:
`metricbeat setup --dashboards`
By running just `metricbeat` your shell will find `/usr/bin/metricbeat` on the PATH. This configures the `-path.*` options correctly so you can run it from any directory.
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### Author:  [@aymenJmal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aymenJmal)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-metricbeat-sample-dashboards-in-6-1-2/116753/4 "2018-01-31T15:39:53Z")
I added the setup.dashboards.enabled: true to my config file 'equivalent to command: /usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat setup --dashboards. Kibana dashboards successfully loaded but when i connect to kibana i can not find my data ? I have selected the right index mypattern-\*
Compared to normal method, I just modified setup.dashboards.index and output.elasticsearch: index.
I added also a new template
setup.template.enabled: true
[setup.template.name](http://setup.template.name): "mypattern"
setup.template.pattern: "mypattern-\*"
thanks,
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-metricbeat-sample-dashboards-in-6-1-2/116753/5 "2018-02-28T15:40:11Z")
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