Unable to create Custom index for metricbeat

Hello,

I am trying to create the custom index for metricbeat with same template as metricbeat but not able to create the index using below configs.

###################### Metricbeat Configuration Example #######################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The metricbeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/index.html

# =========================== Modules configuration ============================

metricbeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: true

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false

#For Custom Indexing
setup.template.name: "retaildirect-metricbeat"
setup.template.pattern: "retaildirect-metricbeat-%{[agent.version]}*"
setup.dashboards.index: "retaildirect-metricbeat-*"
setup.template.enabled: false
setup.template.overwrite: false

setup.ilm.enabled: true
setup.ilm.check_exists: false

# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
setup.dashboards.enabled: true

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "https:// 0.0.0.0:5601"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/metricbeat/certs/GeoTrust-RSA-CA-Intermediate-2018.pem"]
  ssl.certificate: "/etc/metricbeat/certs/ccilindia.net.crt"
  ssl.key: "/etc/metricbeat/certs/ccilindia.net.key"


  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Metricbeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["https://0.0.0.0:9200"]

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  protocol: "https"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/metricbeat/certs/GeoTrust-RSA-CA-Intermediate-2018.pem"]
  ssl.certificate: "/etc/metricbeat/certs/ccilindia.net.crt"
  ssl.key: "/etc/metricbeat/certs/ccilindia.net.key"


  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "test@2023"

#For Custom Indexing
output.elasticsearch.index: "retaildirect-metricbeat-%{[agent.version]}"

# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

# ================================= Processors =================================

# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:
  - add_host_metadata: ~
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~


# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publisher", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Metricbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Metricbeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================

# Instrumentation support for the metricbeat.
#instrumentation:
    # Set to true to enable instrumentation of metricbeat.
    #enabled: false

    # Environment in which metricbeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
    #environment: ""

    # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
    #hosts:
    #  - http://localhost:8200

    # API Key for the APM Server(s).
    # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
    #api_key:

    # Secret token for the APM Server(s).
    #secret_token:


# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true


Any help would be appreciated.

output.elasticsearch:

Array of hosts to connect to.

hosts: ["https://0.0.0.0:9200"]

Protocol - either http (default) or https.

protocol: "https"
ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/metricbeat/certs/GeoTrust-RSA-CA-Intermediate-2018.pem"]
ssl.certificate: "/etc/metricbeat/certs/ccilindia.net.crt"
ssl.key: "/etc/metricbeat/certs/ccilindia.net.key"

Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.

#api_key: "id:api_key"
username: "elastic"
password: "test@2023"
index: "retaildirect-metricbeat-%{[agent.version]}"

Please try using above configuration

@lalchand_rajak @Hemanth_Gowda
May I know which version of metricbeat is in use? , I'm using 8.7.1 and trying to achieve same functionality. I want my custom metricbeat template with myown mappingsa and want to apply my own ILM policy to it.

Let me know if anyone can help in this?, tried several ways, didn't got desired result.

metricbeat.config.modules:
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
  reload.enabled: false
setup.ilm.enabled: true
setup.ilm.check_exists: true
setup.ilm.policy_name: cis-metric-policy
setup.template.enabled: true 
setup.template.name: "cis-metric-%{[agent.version]}" 
setup.template.pattern: "cis-metric-%{[agent.version]}"  
setup.template.overwrite: false 
setup.kibana:
  host: https://abc:5601
output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["https://abc:443"]
  index: "cis-metric-%{[agent.version]}"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/l/ppp//config/ece_proxy_root_ca.pem"]
  protocol: "https"
  username: ""
  password: ""
processors:
- rename:
    fields:
    - from: agent.hostname
      to: host.name
    ignore_missing: true
    fail_on_error: false
- drop_fields:
    fields:
    - host.mac
    - ecs
    - agent.ephemeral_id
    - agent.type
    - agent.version
    - agent.hostname
    - event

8.7.1 metricbeat version

As far as i know you should add your custom index to template in kibana.

In my case for example I created 2 indices, index-1 and index-2 and created index template by using Kibana-Stack Management-Index management (i'm not sure about the last one). Then found the index templates.

Afterwards created the template by giving just two names and mapping and an alias called my-index-template.

If i create an index called index-2 through logstash, it gets automatically the my-index-template and mapped.

You may try this with metricbeat index also.

Hello @PodarcisMuralis ,

I've achieved the desired requirement.Many thanx for your response on this and for your time.

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