# Elasticsearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/elasticsearch/6.md?page=1366

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## [Connect elastic search with Ready Api with HTTPS](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-with-ready-api-with-https/172211)

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**Author:** [@ktan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ktan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-elastic-search-with-ready-api-with-https/172211 "2019-03-13T19:27:04Z")

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how to connect Ready api with elastic search with HTTPS

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## [How to create a crontab file for user elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-crontab-file-for-user-elasticsearch/172107)

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**Author:** [@PRUDHVI\_CHOWDHARY\_NE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PRUDHVI_CHOWDHARY_NE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-crontab-file-for-user-elasticsearch/172107 "2019-03-13T18:32:17Z")

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I want to run a crontab job on elastic search docker image here is my docker file \[FROM docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.6.0 ENV PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin RUN yum -y update RUN yum -y in…

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## [NEED BUSYBOX TO ALLOW USERS TO RUN crontab -e on elasticsearch docker image?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-busybox-to-allow-users-to-run-crontab-e-on-elasticsearch-docker-image/172157)

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**Author:** [@PRUDHVI\_CHOWDHARY\_NE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PRUDHVI_CHOWDHARY_NE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-busybox-to-allow-users-to-run-crontab-e-on-elasticsearch-docker-image/172157 "2019-03-13T18:31:11Z")

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DO WE NEED BUSYBOX TO ALLOW USERS TO RUN crontab -e ON elasticsearch docker image?

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## [How to create crontab file for user elastic search which is installed in user root](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-crontab-file-for-user-elastic-search-which-is-installed-in-user-root/172116)

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**Author:** [@PRUDHVI\_CHOWDHARY\_NE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PRUDHVI_CHOWDHARY_NE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-crontab-file-for-user-elastic-search-which-is-installed-in-user-root/172116 "2019-03-13T18:30:45Z")

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how to install crontabs on user elasticsearch ? how to add crontab jobs for user elastic search where crontabs is installed in user root? whole process is being done in docker file

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## [French Analyzer](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/french-analyzer/172166)

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**Author:** [@gdelgiovine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gdelgiovine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/french-analyzer/172166 "2019-03-13T18:24:56Z")

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When i use the "french" analyzer on words containing double letter i got as result a work without the double letter. Is it normal? The index is built with the same analyzer but Request: {"analyzer":"french","text":\["Vi…

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## [Indexing Word documents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-word-documents/172172)

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**Author:** [@Tali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tali)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-word-documents/172172 "2019-03-13T18:19:34Z")

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We have about 2 milions Word documents on Windows server and need some search engine. We store some meta data about each document in SQL Server, like department and so on, the data that is not stored the files themselve…

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## [Load Balancing Between Non-identical Master Nodes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancing-between-non-identical-master-nodes/171844)

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**Author:** [@henrytran026](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/henrytran026)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancing-between-non-identical-master-nodes/171844 "2019-03-13T18:05:14Z")

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Hello, Here is my cluster setup (version 6.6.1): 5 master nodes: 2 of those, each is: 8GB for heap, 32-core CPU 3 of those, each is: 1GB for heap, 4 -core CPU There are also other 5 data nodes, and 1 coordinating no…

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## [Setting up ODBC connection to ES (v6.6)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941)

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**Author:** [@jmikes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmikes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-odbc-connection-to-es-v6-6/170941 "2019-03-13T16:35:35Z")

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Hi, I am trying to setup up ODBC connection from Windows 10 64bit, but during DSN configuration I am getting the error: \[Elastic\]\[EsODBC 6.6.1(de8a0e2+,u,r) Driver\]invalid\_index\_name\_exception: Invalid index name \[\_xpa…

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## [Issue with file based users using Puppet](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-file-based-users-using-puppet/171515)

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**Author:** [@Shrikant\_Patil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shrikant_Patil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-file-based-users-using-puppet/171515 "2019-03-13T16:29:22Z")

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Hi there, I am unable to add file based users. Below are the details of modules elastic-elastic\_stack, "6.2.4" elastic-elasticsearch, "6.3.3" elastic-kibana, "6.3.1" here i…

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## [Elastic search and Tableau Integration using ODBC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-and-tableau-integration-using-odbc/171948)

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**Author:** [@nikhil\_tarigonda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhil_tarigonda)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-and-tableau-integration-using-odbc/171948 "2019-03-13T16:11:48Z")

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Hi, I am facing few issues when accessing my data set from Elastic search to Tableau. Few fields in my data set do not support live in tableau. I know that the ODBC is still under development, when can I expect the stabl…

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## [Help with sorting by nested field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-sorting-by-nested-field/171942)

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**Author:** [@Nedko\_Georgiev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nedko_Georgiev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-sorting-by-nested-field/171942 "2019-03-13T16:11:20Z")

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I'm trying to sort the resulting documents of a nested query, by another nested field. I've based this on the original documentation, but can't seem to make it work. Does anyone know what the problem might be? Here's the…

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## [Could not dynamically add mapping for field \[app.kubernetes.io/instance\]. Existing mapping for \[kubernetes.labels.app\] must be of type object but found \[text\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-dynamically-add-mapping-for-field-app-kubernetes-io-instance-existing-mapping-for-kubernetes-labels-app-must-be-of-type-object-but-found-text/172180)

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**Author:** [@shaiksuhale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaiksuhale)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-dynamically-add-mapping-for-field-app-kubernetes-io-instance-existing-mapping-for-kubernetes-labels-app-must-be-of-type-object-but-found-text/172180 "2019-03-13T15:50:08Z")

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Im using fluentbit to scrape logs and send it to logstash. logstash forwards it to ES. i already have a field with kubernetes.labels.app on a separate event(production) I am using helm for my development event and helm…

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## [After having xpack security in place in elasticsearch cluster, cluster not working as expected](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-having-xpack-security-in-place-in-elasticsearch-cluster-cluster-not-working-as-expected/172106)

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**Author:** [@surender](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surender)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-having-xpack-security-in-place-in-elasticsearch-cluster-cluster-not-working-as-expected/172106 "2019-03-13T14:12:26Z")

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Initially deployed elasticsearch cluster with 3 nodes and it was started properly and working. I want to encrypt communication between nodes and between clients and clusters. configured TLS and http encrypted in the cl…

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## [Recover corrupt/not working elasticsearch data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recover-corrupt-not-working-elasticsearch-data/172152)

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**Author:** [@Zorobay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zorobay)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recover-corrupt-not-working-elasticsearch-data/172152 "2019-03-13T14:10:53Z")

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Hi! So I'm really not sure what caused this. We have an instance of Elasticsearch and Kibana running on one of our computers at the office. After we had to move desks around, the whole thing stopped working. Elasticsear…

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## [Passing basic authentication from IIS to elasticsearch xpack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929)

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**Author:** [@Jayanthi\_Bhanuji\_Rao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jayanthi_Bhanuji_Rao)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-basic-authentication-from-iis-to-elasticsearch-xpack/171929 "2019-03-13T14:06:06Z")

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Hello, Is there any way to pass the credentials entered in IIS basic authentication to Elasticsearch xpack?

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## [Connecting to ES instance from node.js Rest API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-to-es-instance-from-node-js-rest-api/172162)

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**Author:** [@maddysqlpro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maddysqlpro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-to-es-instance-from-node-js-rest-api/172162 "2019-03-13T14:01:43Z")

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It could be a very novice question. I have three node ES cluster. when i connect to ES instance from node.js Rest API, i should always point to the master node? please confirm.

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## [Single Node Cluster](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-cluster/172095)

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**Author:** [@srirama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/srirama)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-cluster/172095 "2019-03-13T12:45:01Z")

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In my local elastic setup, if I set the setting discovery.zen.ping.multicast.enabled: false Elastic is not coming up. After checking https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/22909, I removed the setting. Now, …

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## [How to delete aliases from template](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-aliases-from-template/172128)

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**Author:** [@prabhakar\_talari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prabhakar_talari)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-aliases-from-template/172128 "2019-03-13T11:56:22Z")

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Hi All, Is there any way to delete alias from template instead of updating template. Below is the current template { "logstash-batch-test" : { "order" : 0, "index\_patterns" : \[ "logstash-batch-test\*" \], "setting…

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## [How to stop elasticsearch instance after running gradlew run](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-elasticsearch-instance-after-running-gradlew-run/172124)

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**Author:** [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-elasticsearch-instance-after-running-gradlew-run/172124 "2019-03-13T10:37:46Z")

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I run elasticsearch instance by running gradlew run. So once its running if i make any changes to any files ,i need to restart my windows because .lock file in distribution directory does not get deleted by running gra…

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## [Creating new perfmon counter in meteric beat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-new-perfmon-counter-in-meteric-beat/172117)

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**Author:** [@Danielbosco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Danielbosco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-new-perfmon-counter-in-meteric-beat/172117 "2019-03-13T10:15:30Z")

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Hi Team, I am trying to add new counter to the metric beat yml files but when i tried to create new counter i am getting the below error. My yml file module: windows metricsets: \[perfmon\] period: 10s perfmon.ignor…

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## [Running elasticsearch,kibana,filebeat as service in windows](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-kibana-filebeat-as-service-in-windows/172102)

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**Author:** [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-kibana-filebeat-as-service-in-windows/172102 "2019-03-13T09:39:19Z")

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Hi Team, I want to run elasticsearch as service in windows could any one help me on this and i followed below steps, Steps, 1.elasticsearch-service.bat install 2.elasticsearch-service.bat start Error:Failed starting…

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## [Cannot increase maxClauseCount](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-increase-maxclausecount/172088)

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**Author:** [@atom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-increase-maxclausecount/172088 "2019-03-13T09:27:55Z")

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Hi, i have created a docker container with elasticsearch 6.6.1 A query, that works on my server without any problems (version 6.2.4), doesn't work on in my docker container. I am getting this message: "caused\_by":{"ty…

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## [Is it possible to return only the most recent of 'each document'?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-return-only-the-most-recent-of-each-document/172011)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Webb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel_Webb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-return-only-the-most-recent-of-each-document/172011 "2019-03-13T09:27:22Z")

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Hi Elasticsearch community, total novice here with my first post. Is it possible to design a query that will return only the most recent of each document in an index? I'd like to store snapshots of our projects as they…

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## [Issues with Backup repository setup & shards allocation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-backup-repository-setup-shards-allocation/168848)

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**Author:** [@Nithani25](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nithani25)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-backup-repository-setup-shards-allocation/168848 "2019-03-13T09:12:16Z")

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HI Team, Below is my production setup. 10.XX.YY.ZZ 25 99 13 1.81 1.52 1.29 md - prodcution\_master\_data\_Server3 10.XX.YY.ZZ 41 99 7 0.25 0.25 0.29 d - prodcution\_data\_Server1 10.XX.YY.ZZ 21 99 10 1.61 1.47 1.28 - -…

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## [Update the "index" mapping parameter in the existing mapping](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-the-index-mapping-parameter-in-the-existing-mapping/172070)

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**Author:** [@Praneet\_Khandelwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Praneet_Khandelwal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-the-index-mapping-parameter-in-the-existing-mapping/172070 "2019-03-13T08:20:04Z")

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I have a field in my ES index with the following mapping: "to": { "index": false, "type": "text" } I would like to change the "index"parameter to True for this field. I guess th…

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## [How to to update index mapping dynamicly](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-to-update-index-mapping-dynamicly/172083)

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**Author:** [@begemot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/begemot)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-to-update-index-mapping-dynamicly/172083 "2019-03-13T08:11:11Z")

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I have to support dynamic\_templates for many languages. What is the best approach in regards to index mapping if we want to add mappings for different languages based on document language field Is it better to upload…

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## [Analyze with custom analyzer throws JsonGenerationException](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyze-with-custom-analyzer-throws-jsongenerationexception/170644)

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**Author:** [@mmarie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mmarie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyze-with-custom-analyzer-throws-jsongenerationexception/170644 "2019-03-13T07:52:17Z")

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Hi I have the same problem than the unanswered one there Refering to the doc Java High Level REST Client, I built a custom analyzer AnalyzeRequest request = new AnalyzeRequest(); request.text("\<b\>Some text to analyze\</…

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## [Formatting field values? Or how to write this particular script preprocessor?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatting-field-values-or-how-to-write-this-particular-script-preprocessor/172045)

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**Author:** [@Atonal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atonal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatting-field-values-or-how-to-write-this-particular-script-preprocessor/172045 "2019-03-13T07:11:28Z")

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I have documents in my index that have a field whose value is a string of numbers, "." and -. I want to remove those . and - from the values and change the field type to an integer. I can have these removed before I fee…

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## [On Single Node Elastic Search what could be the maximum value can be attached](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/on-single-node-elastic-search-what-could-be-the-maximum-value-can-be-attached/172056)

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**Author:** [@ashish1490](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashish1490)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/on-single-node-elastic-search-what-could-be-the-maximum-value-can-be-attached/172056 "2019-03-13T05:21:28Z")

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The AWS d2.2xlarge has 12 TB volume storage. Will single ES be able to handle that much data from a single node? Please could anyone help me getting this sorted out.

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## [Elastic Search Memory Alert](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-memory-alert/171066)

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**Author:** [@surajdalvi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surajdalvi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-memory-alert/171066 "2019-03-13T06:06:22Z")

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Hi there, With respect to https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-heap-alert/155479 I have updated the Elasticsearch mapping. Currently, I have 1 index with 5 shards and 1 replica. Still, I am getting the following …

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