# Elasticsearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/elasticsearch/6.md?page=1291

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## [Problem on elasticsearch document](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-on-elasticsearch-document/182093)

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**Author:** [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-on-elasticsearch-document/182093 "2019-05-22T15:38:07Z")

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I found some error on documents while upgrading 7.1.0 and setting up security access Where do I report that? https://www.elastic.co/blog/getting-started-with-elasticsearch-security?blade=fbs&fbclid=IwAR3xB7sS26ak9BsOVz…

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## [Is hot-war architecture still available in ES 7.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-hot-war-architecture-still-available-in-es-7-0/182258)

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**Author:** [@Stevens\_Laurent](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stevens_Laurent)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-hot-war-architecture-still-available-in-es-7-0/182258 "2019-05-22T15:28:07Z")

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Hi all, Just a short question, as I see the explanations for the hot-war architecture in the 5th version of ES, i can't have the information that it's still available/reliable in 7th version. Can you confirm ? Thanks …

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## [Error occurred during initialization of VM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-occurred-during-initialization-of-vm/182253)

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**Author:** [@JRb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JRb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-occurred-during-initialization-of-vm/182253 "2019-05-22T14:50:40Z")

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I have a Windows10 Machine... I installed the MSI version. Then when I attempt to start elasticsearch I get this error: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Elastic\\7.1.0\\bin\>.\\elasticsearch.exe Error occurred during initializatio…

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## [Rolling Upgrade to 6.8.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rolling-upgrade-to-6-8-0/182168)

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**Author:** [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rolling-upgrade-to-6-8-0/182168 "2019-05-22T14:18:50Z")

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Hi, I have a cluster running at 6.6.2 (basic lic) and want to roll it up to 6.8.0. I'm seeing discovery timeouts after deploying the first 6.8.0 master node. Does the upgrade to 6.8.0 require me to set settings specif…

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## [Change localhost to ip address on Centos 7](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-localhost-to-ip-address-on-centos-7/182172)

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**Author:** [@omardawed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omardawed)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-localhost-to-ip-address-on-centos-7/182172 "2019-05-22T14:08:45Z")

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hello, i have installed elasticsearch logstash kibana and filebeat, metricbeat version 7.0.1; elastic stack works fine. elasticsearch run on localhost, but when i change localhost to my ip address elasticsearch fail. …

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## [Insert new field in a existing index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/insert-new-field-in-a-existing-index/182192)

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**Author:** [@Jesus\_Rodrigo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jesus_Rodrigo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/insert-new-field-in-a-existing-index/182192 "2019-05-22T14:05:32Z")

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Hi, I want insert a new field in a existing index, this index have a lot of logs and I don't delete it. I try with this: PUT myIndex/\_mapping { "properties" : { "newField" : { "type" : "string" } } } But the r…

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## [Indexing videos in elasticserach](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-videos-in-elasticserach/182213)

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**Author:** [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-videos-in-elasticserach/182213 "2019-05-22T13:57:52Z")

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is it possible to index video in elasticsearch thank you

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## [Enabling HTTP CORS on ES is failing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabling-http-cors-on-es-is-failing/182226)

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**Author:** [@anushshukla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anushshukla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabling-http-cors-on-es-is-failing/182226 "2019-05-22T13:49:44Z")

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Please refer the below self-explanatory screenshot. Please help in resolving this issue.

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## [Upgrade from ES 2.4.6 to ES 7.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-es-2-4-6-to-es-7-1/182130)

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**Author:** [@Jensxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jensxy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-es-2-4-6-to-es-7-1/182130 "2019-05-22T13:48:31Z")

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I would like to upgrade my ES from version 2.4.6 to version 7.1. Is it possible to do a rolling upgrade for these two versions? What is the best way to perform the upgrade from version 2.4.6 to version 7.1? Where can I…

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## [Convert existing character encoding in ElasticSearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-existing-character-encoding-in-elasticsearch/182240)

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**Author:** [@markmevans](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/markmevans)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-existing-character-encoding-in-elasticsearch/182240 "2019-05-22T13:48:21Z")

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The was ElasticSearch received JSON from Java was amended from ISO-8891-1 to UTF-8 because we were getting invalid JSON when symbols such as the copyright sign were at the start of a field. However, I now notice that s…

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## [Multiple content types in one field?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-content-types-in-one-field/182236)

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**Author:** [@Dennis\_Brouwer1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dennis_Brouwer1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-content-types-in-one-field/182236 "2019-05-22T13:48:06Z")

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Hello, We are in the middle of doing a POC with ES for our logging. We are talking to ES directly from our application and when a webrequest comes in it stores it in ES. It logs a "body" field to save posted body data i…

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## [Unable to run Elastic search from ubuntu](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elastic-search-from-ubuntu/182231)

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**Author:** [@Manohar1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manohar1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elastic-search-from-ubuntu/182231 "2019-05-22T13:30:44Z")

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Hi All, i am trying to run elastic search latest version from ubuntu 18.4 but i am no luck . I am getting below error. can you some please suggest how to fix this error and how to make my elk should up. Thanks in advan…

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## [Upgrade assistant critical errors sollutions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-critical-errors-sollutions/182228)

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**Author:** [@MalfuncEddie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MalfuncEddie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-critical-errors-sollutions/182228 "2019-05-22T12:45:43Z")

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Hi, I've successfully updated from 6.3.1 to 6.8 so that in the future I can upgrade to the 7.x release. I'm quite happy with the upgrade assistant since this tool shows me what I need to check. Only I quite confused w…

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## [Elasticsearch ELK security](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-elk-security/179424)

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**Author:** [@euph0ria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/euph0ria)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-elk-security/179424 "2019-05-22T11:40:53Z")

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Hi community, I have a question regarding security. Suppose we setup ES + filebeat for some systems. Filebeat ships directly to ES. How do we handle security? Basically what we are worried about is a server being compr…

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## [Check status elasticsearch remotely](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-status-elasticsearch-remotely/181850)

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**Author:** [@elk2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-status-elasticsearch-remotely/181850 "2019-05-22T11:25:01Z")

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I would like to check status elasticsearch from a remote machine. I tried to use curl --user username:password -XGET remoteelasticsearch:remoteport/\_cluster/health?pretty but without success. No response from remote …

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## [Shard setting in Rollup Job or Rollup Index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-setting-in-rollup-job-or-rollup-index/180295)

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**Author:** [@Vipul\_Narula](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vipul_Narula)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-setting-in-rollup-job-or-rollup-index/180295 "2019-05-09T07:20:42Z")

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Currently elastic search allows you to specify custom shards for its regular indices , but when those indices are rolled up there is no way to specify shard and replica setting for the rollup index. Elasticsearch by def…

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## [Nested multiple Geo Point locations - sorting with geo distance point not returning all distances](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-multiple-geo-point-locations-sorting-with-geo-distance-point-not-returning-all-distances/181646)

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**Author:** [@krishnapss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krishnapss)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-multiple-geo-point-locations-sorting-with-geo-distance-point-not-returning-all-distances/181646 "2019-05-22T11:14:05Z")

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I have created an index which has nested locations of Geo point type. When sorting the results are only returning one distance. How to get distance of all locations with in a single document. Please help me with this i…

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## [Cannot install Elasticsearch (Windows Server 2012 R2)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elasticsearch-windows-server-2012-r2/182144)

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**Author:** [@kmohd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmohd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elasticsearch-windows-server-2012-r2/182144 "2019-05-22T10:18:22Z")

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Hello everyone, Im struggling to install elasticsearch, i have tried installing it as a service, or using the MSI installer which both worked however the service could not start, when i try to run elasticsearch.bat it is…

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## [HDFS Snapshots Availability After Upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-snapshots-availability-after-upgrade/182173)

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**Author:** [@paul1243](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1243)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-snapshots-availability-after-upgrade/182173 "2019-05-22T09:28:40Z")

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Hi- I have Elastic Search Cluster currently running with 6.3 version, and have taken snapshots quite frequently and push it to the HDFS repository since an year. I'd like to upgrade the Cluster to latest version (6.8) …

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## [Hebrew plugin install exception : Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hebrew-plugin-install-exception-exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-nosuchfileexception/182161)

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**Author:** [@hadssavbl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hadssavbl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hebrew-plugin-install-exception-exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-nosuchfileexception/182161 "2019-05-22T09:25:16Z")

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I try to install elasticsearch-analysis-hebrew plugin but get this exception : C:\\Elastic\\ElasticSearch\\elasticsearch-6.6.0\\bin\>elasticsearch-plugin install fi le:///D:\\Appl\\elastic\\elasticsearch-analysis-hebrew-master…

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## [Elastic Search 7 unable to bootstrap the cluster due to master not discovered yet](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-7-unable-to-bootstrap-the-cluster-due-to-master-not-discovered-yet/182073)

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**Author:** [@Vishal\_Goel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Goel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-7-unable-to-bootstrap-the-cluster-due-to-master-not-discovered-yet/182073 "2019-05-22T08:59:52Z")

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Hi, I downloaded ES 7 zip package on Windows 10. I am running elasticsearch.bat simply by just double clicking it to start my first node (master) of the cluster. I am getting following error on warning (not able to boot…

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## [Separation of hits returned from elastic by nested field value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separation-of-hits-returned-from-elastic-by-nested-field-value/182171)

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**Author:** [@pyk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pyk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/separation-of-hits-returned-from-elastic-by-nested-field-value/182171 "2019-05-22T08:25:49Z")

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I've index with products there. I'm trying to separate hits returned from elastic by nested field value. There's my shortened { "mapping": { "product": { "properties": { …

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## [Send \_doc field values in email via watcher](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-doc-field-values-in-email-via-watcher/180715)

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**Author:** [@Hammad\_Ali\_Khan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hammad_Ali_Khan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-doc-field-values-in-email-via-watcher/180715 "2019-05-22T08:16:18Z")

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Hi, I am using ELK stack on ElasticCloud via AWS. I am sending emails to client using Watcher, alert is generated when fuel level goes below certain threshold. I want to send siteName in email as I am using index like s…

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## [Unique Field in the watcher action](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unique-field-in-the-watcher-action/180879)

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**Author:** [@Johnnie843](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Johnnie843)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unique-field-in-the-watcher-action/180879 "2019-05-22T08:15:35Z")

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I'm trying to get the unique values of a certain field in my watch. Is this possible? For example I want to get the unique log\_module in the following query and put it in my message: \[quote="Johnnie843, post:1, topic:1…

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## [Date and time not accepting in json in version 6.7.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-and-time-not-accepting-in-json-in-version-6-7-2/182006)

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**Author:** [@Pawan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-and-time-not-accepting-in-json-in-version-6-7-2/182006 "2019-05-22T08:08:45Z")

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Hi, simply this i am sening to elasticsearch its working. {"type":"req","timestamp":"2019-05-21","service\_id":"7SO4VAT14dvGUn3WyGxG"} But if i am using from datetime import datetime t = datetime.now() {"type":"req"…

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## [Watcher Logs in elastic search server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-logs-in-elastic-search-server/181568)

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**Author:** [@dinesh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinesh1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-logs-in-elastic-search-server/181568 "2019-05-22T08:03:55Z")

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Hi Team, How to get watcher state logs in backend server like in /var/log/elsticsearch/elasticsearch.log. Regards, Dinesh

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## [How to get simililarity values for every documents?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-simililarity-values-for-every-documents/182158)

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**Author:** [@bbaa2837](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bbaa2837)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-simililarity-values-for-every-documents/182158 "2019-05-22T07:37:54Z")

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Hello, I wonder if it is able to retrieve the similarity scores for all documents in a given query? It seems that only the relevant ones are being retrieved as a result.

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## [Get list of users - whose birthday falls in current month](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-users-whose-birthday-falls-in-current-month/182133)

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**Author:** [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-users-whose-birthday-falls-in-current-month/182133 "2019-05-22T07:36:54Z")

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Hi Team , i am having some 10 documents in my index,like below i mentioned , how to write the query to Get list of users - whose birthday falls in current month ? can anyone help me to resolve this isssue? …

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## [How to rescan existing objects metadata into New-Elastic?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rescan-existing-objects-metadata-into-new-elastic/180984)

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**Author:** [@GuoSyuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GuoSyuan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rescan-existing-objects-metadata-into-new-elastic/180984 "2019-05-22T07:35:11Z")

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Rebuild New-Elastic when elastic crash, How to rescan existing objects metadata into New-Elastic? Any ideas?

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## [Update ELK-Stack with new security features in docker](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elk-stack-with-new-security-features-in-docker/182127)

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**Author:** [@J143](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/J143)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elk-stack-with-new-security-features-in-docker/182127 "2019-05-22T06:57:26Z")

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Hello, I want to setup the ELK-Stack with docker-compose. The version 6.7 works fine. But now I want to add the new free elasticsearch security features (only create users and roles, no ssl certificate). Does anybody kno…

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