# Multiple indices in kibana dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-in-kibana-dashboard/261751>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-in-kibana-dashboard/261751 "2021-01-21T09:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Srikanth\_Kesireddy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srikanth_kesireddy/32/82118_2.png) [@Srikanth\_Kesireddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srikanth_Kesireddy)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-in-kibana-dashboard/261751/1 "2021-01-21T09:24:33Z")

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I have 10 target servers installed Filebeat on all machines...

Logstash , ElasticSearch , Kibana these 3 are installed on main server.

How can I create 10 indices for 10 target machines

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-in-kibana-dashboard/261751/2 "2021-01-25T00:10:35Z")

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Is there a reason you want individual indices?

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**Author:** ![Srikanth\_Kesireddy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srikanth_kesireddy/32/82118_2.png) [@Srikanth\_Kesireddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srikanth_Kesireddy)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-in-kibana-dashboard/261751/3 "2021-01-29T05:21:48Z")

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yes then i can create alerts for each index

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-in-kibana-dashboard/261751/4 "2021-01-29T05:49:56Z")

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Ok, but you can filter that data for specific hostnames (for eg). It just seems a little inefficient.

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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 26, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-in-kibana-dashboard/261751/5 "2021-02-26T05:50:22Z")

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