# Resource 'filebeat-7.16.2' exists, but it is not an alias

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resource-filebeat-7-16-2-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/294903
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management, kql-kibana-query-language, filebeat
**Created:** [January 20, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resource-filebeat-7-16-2-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/294903 "2022-01-20T07:48:54Z")
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### Author: ![tejas.tech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@tejas.tech](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tejas.tech)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resource-filebeat-7-16-2-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/294903/1 "2022-01-20T07:48:54Z")

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Team,

I've installed Filebeat 7.16.2 on two machines, and I'm able to get data from one but not the other, and I'm getting the following problem.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/d/ddfbbd021ed82256a106d1778f3f61b5f7cffe7d.png)

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### Author: ![linuxxin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/linuxxin/32/100602_2.png) [@linuxxin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linuxxin)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resource-filebeat-7-16-2-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/294903/2 "2022-01-20T10:05:38Z")

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- I also met this problem, does anyone know this problem?

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### Author: ![legoguy1000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/legoguy1000/32/54301_2.png) [@legoguy1000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/legoguy1000)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resource-filebeat-7-16-2-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/294903/3 "2022-01-20T14:18:40Z")

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Are u trying to run setup on multiple systems? You only should have the setup/template settings for a single beat for the same index. Then just point the other beats index at the alias.

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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 17, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resource-filebeat-7-16-2-exists-but-it-is-not-an-alias/294903/4 "2022-02-17T16:19:17Z")

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