---
title: How to guides
description: Learn how to perform common Metricbeat configuration tasks. Load the Elasticsearch index template, Change the index name, Load Kibana dashboards, Enrich...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/howto-guides
products:
  - Beats
  - Metricbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# How to guides
Learn how to perform common Metricbeat configuration tasks.
- [*Load the Elasticsearch index template*](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-template)
- [*Change the index name*](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/change-index-name)
- [*Load Kibana dashboards*](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/load-kibana-dashboards)
- [*Enrich events with geoIP information*](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-geoip)
- [*Use environment variables in the configuration*](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/using-environ-vars)
- [*Parse data using an ingest pipeline*](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/configuring-ingest-node)
- [*Avoid YAML formatting problems*](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/yaml-tips)