# Winlogbeat error on alias

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-error-on-alias/347785>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [November 22, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-error-on-alias/347785 "2023-11-22T18:36:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ryan\_Dinio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_ryan_dinio/32/127930_2.png) [@Michael\_Ryan\_Dinio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Ryan_Dinio)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-error-on-alias/347785/1 "2023-11-22T18:36:08Z")

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Hi

I got an error on my client with Winlogbeat running below is the error log

2023-11-22T03:58:49.082+0800 ERROR [publisher\_pipeline\_output] pipeline/output.go:154 Failed to connect to backoff(elasticsearch([https://54.255.5.84:9200](https://54.255.5.84:9200))): Connection marked as failed because the onConnect callback failed: resource 'winlogbeat-7.9.3' exists, but it is not an alias

Hoping for some answers as there are no logs going into kibana / elasticsearch

Thanks

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-error-on-alias/347785/2 "2023-11-22T22:00:30Z")

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Did you do the the "setup" step from [Winlogbeat quick start: installation and configuration | Winlogbeat Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/winlogbeat-installation-configuration.html#setup-assets)?

That should be what configures index lifecycle management (ILM) and creates the alias which points to the current write index.

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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:** [December 21, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-error-on-alias/347785/3 "2023-12-21T00:00:51Z")

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