# Metricbeat can't create index into Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [June 27, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635 "2018-06-27T13:51:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![m\_5amy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/m_5amy/32/32662_2.png) [@m\_5amy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m_5amy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635/1 "2018-06-27T13:51:26Z")

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Hi all,  
My metricbeat configured to monitor system and my apache web server but it can't create any index to ES ,  
When i'm trying to test configuration return Ok so what should i do ?

This is my metricbeat.yml file [http://www.mediafire.com/file/etd0owl8611c09e/metricbeat(2).yml](http://www.mediafire.com/file/etd0owl8611c09e/metricbeat%282%29.yml)

Thanks all,

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635/2 "2018-06-27T15:14:16Z")

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The current config validation in Beats is limited. You can still have config errors regardless of what `test` returns.

Could you please paste your config here and format it using `</>`?

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635/4 "2018-06-27T15:22:55Z")

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Could you please format the whole file? It preserves whitespaces, so if you have such error, we can find it.

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**Author:** ![m\_5amy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/m_5amy/32/32662_2.png) [@m\_5amy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m_5amy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635/5 "2018-06-27T15:25:41Z")

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@kvch kindly check this configuration

```auto
###################### Metricbeat Configuration Example #######################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The metricbeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/index.html

#========================== Modules configuration ============================

metricbeat.config.modules:
- module: system
  metricsets:
    - cpu
    - filesystem
    - memory
    - network
    - process
  enabled: true
  period: 10s
  processes: ['.*']
  cpu_ticks: false

#- module: apache
# metricsets: ["status"]
# enabled: true
# period: 10s
# hosts: ["my_host_ip"]
# server_status_path: "server-status"

  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false

#================================ General =====================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
# env: staging

#============================== Dashboards =====================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here, or by using the `-setup` CLI flag or the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

#============================== Kibana =====================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:
  host: "http://myhost:5601"
  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  #host: "localhost:5601"

#============================= Elastic Cloud ==================================

# These settings simplify using metricbeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

#================================ Outputs =====================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
  enable: true

  # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
  #protocol: "https"
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

#================================ Logging =====================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

#============================== Xpack Monitoring ===============================
# metricbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#xpack.monitoring.enabled: false

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well. Any setting that is not set is
# automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch output configuration, so if you
# have the Elasticsearch output configured, you can simply uncomment the
# following line.
#xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch:

```

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**Author:** ![m\_5amy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/m_5amy/32/32662_2.png) [@m\_5amy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m_5amy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635/6 "2018-06-27T15:34:55Z")

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@kvch Any updates ??

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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:** [July 25, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-create-index-into-elasticsearch/137635/7 "2018-07-25T15:34:56Z")

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