# Timelion: Error: in cell #1: Elasticsearch index not found: metricbeat-\*

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678 "2018-05-14T07:38:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![asalma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asalma/32/32199_2.png) [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678/1 "2018-05-14T07:38:12Z")

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Hi,

I wanted to use Timelion but I have this error :

Timelion: Error: in cell #1: Elasticsearch index not found: metricbeat-\*

How could I resolve it ?

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**Author:** ![asalma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asalma/32/32199_2.png) [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678/2 "2018-05-14T08:28:08Z")

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I install metricbeat et did this :

# metricbeat setup --template -E output.logstash.enabled=false -E 'output.elasticsearch.hosts=["localhost:9200"]'

Loaded index template

But it doesn't work

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678/3 "2018-05-14T09:07:44Z")

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if a metricbeat index is not found I assume you are not running metricbeat to index data into those indices. The above call is only doing the initial setup (like installing dashboards), but does not keep indexing data into elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![asalma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asalma/32/32199_2.png) [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678/4 "2018-05-14T09:10:39Z")

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So how can I solve the problem ?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678/5 "2018-05-14T09:19:13Z")

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By starting metricbeat, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.2/metricbeat-starting.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.2/metricbeat-starting.html)

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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:** [June 11, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-error-in-cell-1-elasticsearch-index-not-found-metricbeat/131678/6 "2018-06-11T09:19:15Z")

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