Syslog forwarding question -> Logstash (very basic)

When I run: [root@host-l01 ~]# curl 'localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v'
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
close .watcher-history-7-2018.04.11 01Z34Tk8SoCWrrQj_oFlYA
green open .triggered_watches dm4mpxy_Q4GTwLJPVjQ7ng 1 0 0 0 15.5kb 15.5kb
green open .watches n0HQZ2pKT4GTvfMHrOeo2g 1 0 6 0 32.9kb 32.9kb
green open .monitoring-es-6-2018.04.11 GWH5uCuOQjGjdSkf22ZoUw 1 0 1839 12 1mb 1mb
green open .security-6 ZXbp_DODSouFZamobe3Wdg 1 0 3 0 9.8kb 9.8kb
green open .monitoring-alerts-6 whBL9bysR7au2_1bBSMtPQ 1 0 1 0 6.1kb 6.1kb

it doesn't seem to display an index from logstash or something that is increasing in values.