# MetricBeat not creating monitoring-es index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-not-creating-monitoring-es-index/217120>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-not-creating-monitoring-es-index/217120 "2020-01-30T07:33:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Vipul\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vipul_sharma/32/45741_2.png) [@Vipul\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vipul_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-not-creating-monitoring-es-index/217120/1 "2020-01-30T07:33:07Z")

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I have installed metric beat and it is running successfully not errors in logs

metricBeat.yml elasticsearch output  
output.elasticsearch:  
##Array of hosts to connect to.  
hosts: ["10.216.204.70:9200", "10.216.204.73:9200"]  
##Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.

When I click on monitoring tab on kibana no data is being displayed as no monitoring-es\* index is created  
but .monitoring-kibana\* index are present  
_green open .monitoring-kibana-6-2020.01.29 zPQWG7ElTnKdOZW1ML9XcA 1 0 8643 0 2.5mb 2.5mb_

Why monitoring es index are not being created?  
Elasticsearch version is 6.5.4  
KIbana 6.5.4  
metricBeat 6.5.4

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**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-not-creating-monitoring-es-index/217120/2 "2020-01-30T08:37:38Z")

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Hi!

Maybe you are missing some configuration. I would suggest going through the respective [docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/monitoring-internal-collection.html) and check if there is something missing in the configuration.

C.

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**Author:** ![Vipul\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vipul_sharma/32/45741_2.png) [@Vipul\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vipul_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-not-creating-monitoring-es-index/217120/3 "2020-01-30T09:42:21Z")

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i have checked the configuration and the same configuration is running on my local machine but i dont know what is missing over the qa system that it is not generating monitoring-es indices.

Here are the configs  
#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------  
output.elasticsearch:  
##Array of hosts to connect to.  
hosts: ["10.216.204.70:9200", "10.216.204.73:9200"]

## Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.

##protocol: "http"  
##username: "elastic"  
##password: "changeme"

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**Author:** ![Vipul\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vipul_sharma/32/45741_2.png) [@Vipul\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vipul_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-not-creating-monitoring-es-index/217120/4 "2020-01-30T10:59:17Z")

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Hi,

It is solved now, it worked after setting

elasticsearch" : {  
"collection" : {  
"enabled" : "true"  
}  
},

elasticsearch.collection was not enabled

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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:** [February 27, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-not-creating-monitoring-es-index/217120/5 "2020-02-27T10:59:20Z")

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