# Problem with configuring index template via file **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 13, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348 "2014-03-13T11:32:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sergey_Zemlyanoy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348/1 "2014-03-13T11:32:57Z")
Dear all, In order to overwrite some index settings I created a custom template: { "logstash2" : { "order" : 1, "template" : "logstash-\*", "settings" : { "index.number\_of\_replicas" : "0" } } } Template is placed in /etc/elasticsearch/config/templates/logstash2.json [root@logstash elasticsearch]# ls -la /etc/elasticsearch/ total 56 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 26 13:26 . drwxr-xr-x. 99 root root 12288 Feb 22 03:37 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 26 11:27 config rw-rr- 1 root root 12686 Feb 26 11:52 elasticsearch.yml rw-rr- 1 root root 12662 Jan 20 14:24 elasticsearch.yml.rpmsave rw-rr- 1 root root 1512 Jan 15 18:05 logging.yml Also I leaved in default state elasticsearch.yml file, so all path variables are commented. After service restart I don't see any new index template. What am I doing wrong? Is the template path wrong? Thanks in advance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b78efdfb-3449-432f-a23a-fdff3e3a0e1b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b78efdfb-3449-432f-a23a-fdff3e3a0e1b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Binh\_Ly\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348/2 "2014-03-13T19:55:13Z")
You won't see your template in the list API, but if you create a new index named logstash-, it should take effect properly unless it is overriden by another template with a higher order. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0c7553c-fa83-43d4-962a-c3876e0fbc87%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f0c7553c-fa83-43d4-962a-c3876e0fbc87%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sergey_Zemlyanoy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348/3 "2014-03-14T15:18:05Z")
So is it enough data in my custom template in order to expect that new index will absorb its settings? Should I point out template's name in a dedicated field? On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:55:13 PM UTC+2, Binh Ly wrote: > You won't see your template in the list API, but if you create a new index > named logstash-, it should take effect properly unless it is > overriden by another template with a higher order. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0a39e19f-875a-4e08-b7e4-49ecb722a079%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0a39e19f-875a-4e08-b7e4-49ecb722a079%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sergey_Zemlyanoy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348/4 "2014-03-14T15:36:10Z")
And I just tried to follow your advice: placed custom template in /etc/logstash/conf.d/templates/logstash2.json { "order" : 2, "template" : "logstash-\*", "settings" : { "index.number\_of\_replicas" : "4" }, "mappings" : { } } then created a new index curl -XPUT localhost:9200/logstash-111 and checked the result # curl -XGET localhost:9200/logstash-111/\_settings?pretty { "logstash-111" : { "settings" : { "index" : { "uuid" : "l7HDeFfDS1arZr74ouwtyQ", "analysis" : { "analyzer" : { "default" : { "type" : "standard", "stopwords" : "_none_" } } }, "number\_of\_replicas" : "1", "number\_of\_shards" : "5", "refresh\_interval" : "5s", "version" : { "created" : "1000051" } } } } } And it look like custom setting didn't override (default number of replicas is 1) On Friday, March 14, 2014 5:18:05 PM UTC+2, Sergey Zemlyanoy wrote: > So is it enough data in my custom template in order to expect that new > index will absorb its settings? Should I point out template's name in a > dedicated field? > > On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:55:13 PM UTC+2, Binh Ly wrote: > > > You won't see your template in the list API, but if you create a new > > index named logstash-, it should take effect properly unless it > > is overriden by another template with a higher order. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba98f7f5-5a25-4b1e-9da0-c564aaf8dc93%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba98f7f5-5a25-4b1e-9da0-c564aaf8dc93%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Binh\_Ly\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348/5 "2014-03-14T18:41:26Z")
I can think of 2 reasons: 1. When you start elasticsearch, it is not pointing to the conf directory that your are using or 1. There is another template that overrides yours I'm thinking #1 is more likely. How are you running ES, i.e., how is it installed and ran? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9010cf90-fe16-49a0-98a1-d4662246bcf2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9010cf90-fe16-49a0-98a1-d4662246bcf2%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Sergey\_Zemlyanoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sergey_Zemlyanoy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348/6 "2014-03-17T08:57:19Z")
Finally I managed to solve it! It was caused by wrong template path - /etc/elasticsearch/config/templates/sometemplate.json It should be /etc/elasticsearch/templates/sometemplate.json Thanks a lot! On Friday, March 14, 2014 8:41:26 PM UTC+2, Binh Ly wrote: > I can think of 2 reasons: > > 1. When you start elasticsearch, it is not pointing to the conf directory > that your are using > > or > > 1. There is another template that overrides yours > > I'm thinking #1 is more likely. How are you running ES, i.e., how is it > installed and ran? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/74574095-e63c-4110-8d4f-c2283e1c7dcc%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/74574095-e63c-4110-8d4f-c2283e1c7dcc%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-configuring-index-template-via-file/16348/7 "2017-07-06T01:42:51Z")