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title: How to guides
description: Learn how to perform common Auditbeat configuration tasks. Load the Elasticsearch index template, Change the index name, Load Kibana dashboards, Enrich...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/howto-guides
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# How to guides
Learn how to perform common Auditbeat configuration tasks.
- [*Load the Elasticsearch index template*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/auditbeat-template)
- [*Change the index name*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/change-index-name)
- [*Load Kibana dashboards*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/load-kibana-dashboards)
- [*Enrich events with geoIP information*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/auditbeat-geoip)
- [*Use environment variables in the configuration*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/using-environ-vars)
- [*Parse data using an ingest pipeline*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/configuring-ingest-node)
- [*Use environment variables in the configuration*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/using-environ-vars)
- [*Avoid YAML formatting problems*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2341/reference/beats/auditbeat/yaml-tips)