# Setting ignore\_malformed via logstash?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-ignore-malformed-via-logstash/142045>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 28, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-ignore-malformed-via-logstash/142045 "2018-07-28T18:05:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![alex3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@alex3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alex3)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-ignore-malformed-via-logstash/142045/1 "2018-07-28T18:05:41Z")

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Is there a way I can set ingnore\_malformed to true for each index somehow in the elastic search output plugin?

If not, is there a way to set ignore\_malformed to be true on default? Thanks!

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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:** [August 25, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-ignore-malformed-via-logstash/142045/2 "2018-08-25T18:14:01Z")

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