Setup.template.name not working with ILM (?)

[john_eapen (je)]

Hi,

I have slightly confused about some of the posts I have seen on this.
Does custom template not work when ILM is enabled in filebeat ?
(Needless to say,I need both these features.)

I hv specified my ES index as:
index: "logstash-fb-%{[agent.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"

But the actual index are filebeat-* . See below filebeat logs snip

2019-12-19T20:55:03.747Z	INFO	[index-management]	idxmgmt/std.go:265	ILM policy successfully loaded.
2019-12-19T20:55:03.747Z	INFO	[index-management]	idxmgmt/std.go:394	Set setup.template.name to '{filebeat-7.4.1 {now/d}-000001}' as ILM is enabled.
2019-12-19T20:55:03.747Z	INFO	[index-management]	idxmgmt/std.go:399	Set setup.template.pattern to 'filebeat-7.4.1-*' as ILM is enabled.
2019-12-19T20:55:03.747Z	INFO	[index-management]	idxmgmt/std.go:433	Set settings.index.lifecycle.rollover_alias in template to {filebeat-7.4.1 {now/d}-000001} as ILM is enabled.

[gabriel_tessier]

Hi there!

@john_eapen you are not alone!

I have the same problem, and in this thread shrikantgulia struggle with this problem:

Create Index with filebeat

Hello , I want to create a index and push data directly to elasticsearch with filebeat but i am not able to create a index its showing me the error can someone help me out. Exiting: setup.template.name and setup.template.pattern have to be set if index name is modified

if somebody can help he will save 3 people in one thread!