In filebeat 7.x we were able to specify custom index template and rollover_alias for the indexes used by filebeat. We use this to split which indices different filebeats send their logs to because some filebeats collect general logfiles from different applications and some filebeats collect logs fro…

No way to specify filebeat 8.0.0 data stream and index template pattern

leandrojmp (Leandro Pereira) February 11, 2022, 2:45pm 4

You can also use a custom template and set your ILM policy there.

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