# Logstash Json Error

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-json-error/156720
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-json-error/156720 "2018-11-14T17:14:05Z")
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### Author: ![Rolf\_Nufable](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rolf_nufable/32/48128_2.png) [@Rolf\_Nufable](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rolf_Nufable)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-json-error/156720/1 "2018-11-14T17:14:05Z")

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Hi All,

I'm fairly new to logstash and ELK stack and I'm stuck in trying to ingest the json file from a filebeat instance.

I can receive the json entries from filebeat just fine but all values/fields are in the message field.

My goal is to take each field in the json file and make each of it a field in the index being created. But I'm stuck in the error that [\_id] is a metadata and I've been trying to replace the field and even delete the field but failed to do so.

NOTE: the secua tag is being added fine. So I'm quite certain that Filebeat sends the json lines just fine.

The error is attached in this post \* .  
The config file is also attached on this post \*

 ![conf](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/f/0f7cf5e999b6b35ecb93583881ae9af1b8e870f7.jpeg) ![error1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/d/cdcf94d8d4350d85b48f80f62694a53132994ca0.jpeg)

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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: [December 12, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-json-error/156720/2 "2018-12-12T17:14:24Z")

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