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Adding details for template installation
Clarify Template file is not monitored. Clarify when the Template is installed and what conditions apply.
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You can set the path to your own template here, if you so desire.
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If not set, the included template will be used.
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Note that Logstash will not monitor the template file for changes.
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The template file will be read when its installation is triggered.
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[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-template_name"]
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===== `template_name`
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Please note that if you are using your own customized version of the Logstash
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template (logstash), setting this to true will make Logstash to overwrite
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the "logstash" template (i.e. removing all customized settings)
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the "logstash" template (i.e. removing all customized settings).
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The template installation check is triggered at pipeline startup (or reload) but
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will be actually installed if template_overwrite is set to true or if the
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template doesn't exist on the Elasticsearch cluster.
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[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-timeout"]
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===== `timeout`

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