# Setting number\_of\_replicas on existing template
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-number-of-replicas-on-existing-template/352672
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 6, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-number-of-replicas-on-existing-template/352672 "2024-02-06T18:16:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@parisila](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parisila)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-number-of-replicas-on-existing-template/352672/1 "2024-02-06T18:16:13Z")
Apologize for the screenshot but my elasticsearch instance is in a secure environment with only a jumphost browser that cannot copy anything out.
Elastic Stack version 7.17.4 single node
I am trying to update an index template to create new indexes with number\_of\_replicas = 0. I tried to update through the API and it accepts it but afterwards the setting does not take and I don't see the number\_of\_replicas set at all. Here is the screenshot with the field that I added highlighted in yellow:
When I do a GET on the template after the PUT, the field is not there.
Can anyone tell me what I have to do differently?
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### Author:  [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-number-of-replicas-on-existing-template/352672/2 "2024-02-06T19:37:05Z")
> [@parisila](#):
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> Apologize for the screenshot but my elasticsearch instance is in a secure environment with only a jumphost browser that cannot copy anything out.
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> Elastic Stack version 7.17.4 single node
>
> I am trying to update an index template to create new indexes with number\_of\_replicas = 0. I tried to update through the API and it accepts it but afterwards the setting does not take and I don't see the number\_of\_replicas set at all. Here is the screenshot with the field that I added highlighted in yellow:
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> When I do a GET on the template after the PUT, the field is not there.
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> Can anyone tell me what I have to do differently?
Hi,
Check the response of the PUT request. If the template was updated successfully, the response should be `{"acknowledged":true}`.
Regards
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### Author:  [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-number-of-replicas-on-existing-template/352672/3 "2024-02-06T19:49:55Z")
or go to kibana, stack management, index template and find your template.
then update it.
if it is still not keeping this value then one of the filebead daemon from a system is resetting it back.
you will have to check filebeat.yml file. and check " Elasticsearch template setting" section
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### Author:  [@parisila](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parisila)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-number-of-replicas-on-existing-template/352672/4 "2024-02-06T20:09:31Z")
Thank you for the response. I was getting back the acknowledged true. My mistake the new parameter was all the way at the bottom of template.settings.index array and not where I placed it in the request so I didn't notice it.
This is resolved. User error.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-number-of-replicas-on-existing-template/352672/5 "2024-03-05T20:10:00Z")
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