The option to set custom index name while configuring Elasticseach template is not included in the documentation - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-template.html#load-template-auto
As a part of configuring custom index template, it is common to add ones' own index name as well. The option is present and documented in the default filebeat.full.yml file.
# Optional index name. The default is "filebeat" plus date
# and generates [filebeat-]YYYY.MM.DD keys.
#index: "filebeat-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
Please add this as a part of the filebeat get started guide as well.
The option to set custom index name while configuring Elasticseach template is not included in the documentation - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-template.html#load-template-auto
As a part of configuring custom index template, it is common to add ones' own index name as well. The option is present and documented in the default filebeat.full.yml file.
Please add this as a part of the filebeat get started guide as well.