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title: How to guides
description: Learn how to perform common Heartbeat configuration tasks. Add observer and geo metadata, Load the Elasticsearch index template, Change the index name,...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/howto-guides
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# How to guides
Learn how to perform common Heartbeat configuration tasks.
- [*Add observer and geo metadata*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/configuration-observer-options)
- [*Load the Elasticsearch index template*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/heartbeat-template)
- [*Change the index name*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/change-index-name)
- [*Enrich events with geoIP information*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/heartbeat-geoip)
- [*Use environment variables in the configuration*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/using-environ-vars)
- [*Parse data using an ingest pipeline*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/configuring-ingest-node)
- [*Avoid YAML formatting problems*](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/47883/reference/heartbeat/yaml-tips)