From e23f69b3ebe01d8fd69e97b7087221302668f0f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Belluccini Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 13:01:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adding details for template installation Clarify Template file is not monitored. Clarify when the Template is installed and what conditions apply. --- docs/index.asciidoc | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/index.asciidoc b/docs/index.asciidoc index 438c977b9..1bd883b4f 100644 --- a/docs/index.asciidoc +++ b/docs/index.asciidoc @@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf You can set the path to your own template here, if you so desire. If not set, the included template will be used. +Note that Logstash will not monitor the template file for changes. +The template file will be read when its installation is triggered. + [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-template_name"] ===== `template_name` @@ -730,7 +733,11 @@ you wanted to be able to update it regularly, this option could help there as we Please note that if you are using your own customized version of the Logstash template (logstash), setting this to true will make Logstash to overwrite -the "logstash" template (i.e. removing all customized settings) +the "logstash" template (i.e. removing all customized settings). + +The template installation check is triggered at pipeline startup (or reload) but +will be actually installed if template_overwrite is set to true or if the +template doesn't exist on the Elasticsearch cluster. [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-timeout"] ===== `timeout`