Hi @andrewkroh,
nice now i can actually see an error 
PS C:\Program Files\metricbeat> .\metricbeat.exe -e -d "*"
2018/01/02 16:06:02.913303 metrics.go:23: INFO Metrics logging every 30s
2018/01/02 16:06:02.913303 beat.go:426: INFO Home path: [C:\Program Files\metricbeat] Config path: [C:\Program Files\metricbeat] Data path: [C:\Program Files\metricbeat\data] Logs path: [C:\Program Files\metricbeat\logs]
2018/01/02 16:06:02.914305 beat.go:453: DBG Beat metadata path: C:\Program Files\metricbeat\data\meta.json
2018/01/02 16:06:02.915305 helper_windows.go:19: DBG delete old: remove C:\Program Files\metricbeat\data\meta.json.old:
The system cannot find the file specified.
2018/01/02 16:06:02.916307 helper_windows.go:23: DBG rotate to old: rename C:\Program Files\metricbeat\data\meta.json C:
\Program Files\metricbeat\data\meta.json.old: The system cannot find the file specified.
2018/01/02 16:06:02.916307 beat.go:433: INFO Beat UUID: d3b3885e-7ea2-4f26-bd02-f327a37dd98f
2018/01/02 16:06:02.917310 beat.go:192: INFO Setup Beat: metricbeat; Version: 6.0.1
2018/01/02 16:06:02.917310 beat.go:625: CRIT Exiting: setup.template.name and setup.template.pattern have to be set if index name is modified.
Exiting: setup.template.name and setup.template.pattern have to be set if index name is modified.
if you got something about the issue, then im happy to hear it 
otherwise i will look into it tomorrow and update the thread.
Edit: sounds like this direction -> Load the index template in ES
Cheers,
Dirk