# Logstash Failed to install template Error 400
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-failed-to-install-template-error-400/315403
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 28, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-failed-to-install-template-error-400/315403 "2022-09-28T20:34:39Z")
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### Author:  [@fformoso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fformoso)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-failed-to-install-template-error-400/315403/1 "2022-09-28T20:34:39Z")
Dear all,
I need help to understand root cause, I can add the template via api, but not using logstash 8.3
I've tried to fix it adding diferent roles to user =\> "logstash\_writer" and didnt work
Error:
[2022-09-28T17:30:13,750][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch][main] Failed to install template {:message=\>"Got response code '400' contacting Elasticsearch at URL '[https://uyaslogstash01.uy.corp:9200/\_index\_template/banking\_analytics\_monitor\_sqlv01](https://uyaslogstash01.uy.corp:9200/_index_template/banking_analytics_monitor_sqlv01)'", :exception=\>LogStash::Outputs::Elasticsearch::HttpClient::Pool::BadResponseCodeError, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client/manticore\_adapter.rb:84:in `perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:324:in `perform\_request\_to\_url'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client/pool.rb:311:in `block in perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:398:in `with\_connection'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client/pool.rb:310:in `perform_request'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/pool.rb:318:in `block in Pool'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http\_client.rb:408:in `template_put'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client.rb:85:in `template\_install'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template\_manager.rb:29:in `install'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/template_manager.rb:17:in `install\_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:494:in `install_template'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:318:in `finish\_register'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:283:in `block in register'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/elasticsearch/common.rb:154:in `block in after\_successful\_connection'"]}
Logstash conf file output:
...
user =\> "logstash\_writer"
template\_name =\> "banking\_analytics\_monitor\_sqlv01"
template =\> "/etc/logstash/templates/monitor\_templateSQL04\_LS10\_vSQL.json"
...
Template file: monitor\_templateSQL04\_LS10\_vSQL.json
{
"index\_patterns": ["ba\_monitor\_\*"],
"order": 1,
"settings": {
"number\_of\_shards": 2,
"number\_of\_replicas": 0,
"index.mapping.ignore\_malformed": true
},
"mappings": {
"properties": {
"@timestamp": {
"type": "date"
},
"@version": {
"type": "text",
"fields": {
"keyword": {
"type": "keyword",
"ignore\_above": 256
}
}
},
"correlation": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"datetime": {
"type": "date"
},
"layer": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"processTime": {
"type": "date"
},
"project": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"result": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"channel": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"service": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"time": {
"type": "long"
}
```
}
}
```
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-failed-to-install-template-error-400/315403/2 "2022-10-26T20:34:51Z")
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