# Metricbeat extra fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-extra-fields/241168>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-extra-fields/241168 "2020-07-14T17:07:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-extra-fields/241168/1 "2020-07-14T17:07:16Z")

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I have just enable metricbeat.  
using very simple config.

```
metricbeat.config.modules:
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
  reload.enabled: false

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  index.codec: best_compression

setup.dashboards.enabled: true
setup.kibana:
  host: "http://localhost:5601"

output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

```

I have only enable system.yml in /etc/metricbeat/module.d/ directoy.

I got lot of fields in my index. like kubernetes._, postgresql._, docker\*, It has total 3625 field listed in metricbeat\* index pattern.

where are they coming from? my system do not even have any kubernetes installed or running.

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-extra-fields/241168/2 "2020-07-14T19:07:42Z")

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found my problem. there is default metricbeat template and you have to update and remove a objects which you don't need it.

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-extra-fields/241168/3 "2020-08-11T21:07:53Z")

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