# Logstash unable to create new index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396 "2016-12-19T07:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![xsallowed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xsallowed/32/28971_2.png) [@xsallowed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xsallowed)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396/1 "2016-12-19T07:03:06Z")

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Hi  
Following is my configuration file for logstash and I am trying to create a new index by specifying non standard index name in the output section of this logstash file. I am unable to the data parsed if I am giving this to my ES

input {  
file {  
path =\> "Path" #hiding it for confidentiality  
type =\> "csv"  
start\_position =\> beginning}  
}

filter {  
csv {  
columns=\> ["Title","Impact","Test Outcome","Recommendation","References","Affected asset","Risk Rating","Attack vector","Attack complexity","Privileges required","User interaction","Scope","Confidentiality","Integrity","Availability","Exploit code maturity","Remediation level","Report confidence","Confidentiality requirement","Integrity requirement","Availability requirement","Modified attack vector","Modified attack complexity","Modified privileges required","Modified user interaction","Modified scope","Modified confidentiality","Modified integrity","Modified availability","Design Issue","Configuration issue","Coding Issue"]  
separator=\> ","  
remove\_field =\> ["message"]}  
}   
output {  
elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
index =\> "xx"  
document\_type =\> "Assessment"  
}  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396/2 "2016-12-19T07:17:47Z")

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How do you know Logstash is even reading the data? If you comment out your elasticsearch output, is your stdout output producing anything?

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**Author:** ![xsallowed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xsallowed/32/28971_2.png) [@xsallowed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xsallowed)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396/3 "2016-12-20T07:11:08Z")

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yes it is if i remove index parameter it works like a charm but indexes my data in logstash default index

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396/4 "2016-12-20T07:15:23Z")

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So what's in the Logstash logs? You may need to increase logging verbosity to get anything useful.

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**Author:** ![xsallowed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xsallowed/32/28971_2.png) [@xsallowed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xsallowed)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396/5 "2016-12-20T07:31:24Z")

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I just want to use a different index for clarity. My use case requires me to create an index for reading a csv document (not logs) and index the data into a different index.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396/6 "2016-12-20T07:32:32Z")

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I did not ask for a justification. I asked you to look into Logstash's own logs for clues.

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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:** [January 17, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-create-new-index/69396/7 "2017-01-17T07:32:53Z")

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