# Elasticsearch

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## [How many queries per second my server can handle?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-queries-per-second-my-server-can-handle/150477)

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**Author:** [@Shrimp-Fried-Rice](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shrimp-Fried-Rice)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-queries-per-second-my-server-can-handle/150477 "2018-10-01T02:01:03Z")

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hi, i have dedicated server with 128 gigs of RAM, acting as a single node cluster Dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 V1 & 2 × 4TB HDD server is being used for nginx,php,mysql and elasticsearch java heap memory is set to 15 GB …

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## [About the Max Throughput VS target throughtput](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-max-throughput-vs-target-throughtput/150462)

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**Author:** [@zhugw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhugw)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-max-throughput-vs-target-throughtput/150462 "2018-10-01T01:39:54Z")

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I have config track.json like this { "operation": "query-platform", "clients": 8, "warmup-iterations": 5, "iterations": 125, "target-throughput": 100 } after finished the benchmark I got below result | …

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## [Elasticsearch pending\_tasks](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-pending-tasks/150459)

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**Author:** [@hanbj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hanbj)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-pending-tasks/150459 "2018-10-01T01:27:32Z")

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Hello everyone: ES nodes are normal, cluster state is green, but the cluster appears a large number of pending\_tasks, and the task in the queue for several minutes, how should be processed, there is no solution. The fo…

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## [Xpack installation through bash script](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-installation-through-bash-script/150486)

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**Author:** [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-installation-through-bash-script/150486 "2018-09-30T19:07:23Z")

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As per our requirement we have to install xpack through bash script . \[user@dev-elk-0 ~\]$ sudo elasticsearch-plugin install \< xpack installer file name\> The problem is that the install of x-pack prompts for an answer a…

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## [ES6.4 will not start up with gce discovery](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es6-4-will-not-start-up-with-gce-discovery/150475)

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**Author:** [@Francis\_Lapique](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Francis_Lapique)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es6-4-will-not-start-up-with-gce-discovery/150475 "2018-09-30T11:46:02Z")

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My elasticsearch.yml looks like this: network.host: gce:hostname cloud.gce.project\_id: my\_id cloud.gce.zone: europe-west1-b discovery.zen.hosts\_provider: gce Which account is gce-discovery running under? The logs …

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## [Why there isn't an official track to measure the query throughput?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-isnt-an-official-track-to-measure-the-query-throughput/150452)

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**Author:** [@Harry\_Lee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Harry_Lee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-isnt-an-official-track-to-measure-the-query-throughput/150452 "2018-09-30T07:40:15Z")

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Why there isn't an official track to measure the query throughput? Most of the query challenge in the official tracks have a target throughput to 20. It seems all the official tracks have a indexing throughput challeng…

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## [Elasticsearch 5.4.2 - few query queue but rejected](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-4-2-few-query-queue-but-rejected/150442)

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**Author:** [@wang\_Jnercy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wang_Jnercy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-4-2-few-query-queue-but-rejected/150442 "2018-09-30T07:19:59Z")

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## [Installation failed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-failed/150450)

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**Author:** [@overdrive](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/overdrive)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-failed/150450 "2018-09-30T03:40:31Z")

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Installing ES on Win10. Downgraded Java to 1.8...getting the error below. Any suggestions? \[2018-09-29T23:06:51,240\]\[INFO \]\[o.e.n.Node \] \[my\_first\_node\] initializing ... \[2018-09-29T23:06:51,334\]\[WARN \]\[o…

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## [How to create fast network graph?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-fast-network-graph/150433)

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**Author:** [@cool\_arun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cool_arun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-fast-network-graph/150433 "2018-09-29T17:07:58Z")

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hi, i want to create a network graph from the data available in my elasticsearch index, currently if i want to create such network graph i need to find all the relationship between returned data but my elasticsearch db i…

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## [ElasticSearch pause when has exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-pause-when-has-exception/150422)

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**Author:** [@haisong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/haisong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-pause-when-has-exception/150422 "2018-09-29T09:34:58Z")

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OS: windows 10 I run the elasticsearch.bat to start a elasticsearch instance when I post a wrong request, sometimes the elasticsearch paused, then not response any more, until I press any key in the command window, it…

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## [I am currently using the Pattern Analyzer, but I found out that the result is wrong. I don't understand why?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-currently-using-the-pattern-analyzer-but-i-found-out-that-the-result-is-wrong-i-dont-understand-why/150409)

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**Author:** [@Zhen\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zhen_Zhang)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-currently-using-the-pattern-analyzer-but-i-found-out-that-the-result-is-wrong-i-dont-understand-why/150409 "2018-09-29T07:50:05Z")

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## [Index performance does not increase linearly](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-performance-does-not-increase-linearly/150107)

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**Author:** [@zyx\_0312](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zyx_0312)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-performance-does-not-increase-linearly/150107 "2018-09-29T06:44:19Z")

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Hi, all, I want to know if the speed of index docs will increase linearly with the number of nodes increases. Such as inputing 100 docs/s with only one node in the cluster, and 400 docs/s when there are 4 nodes in the c…

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## [Elasticsearch backup not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-not-working/150403)

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**Author:** [@aliyesami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aliyesami)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-not-working/150403 "2018-09-29T06:41:32Z")

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i am making a backup on the nfs share and it does create the directory on each share and I get an acknowledge but all the directories are empty . The "ash" index is open and has 166,000 + records $curl -XPUT 'hadoop1…

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## [How to disable the query cache](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-query-cache/150404)

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**Author:** [@bluelullaby](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluelullaby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-query-cache/150404 "2018-09-29T06:38:58Z")

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Recently, I have noticed that searching by Elasticsearch had been performed a bit slowly. So I want to test the performance among the varied query circumstances. Since Elasticsearch can cache the query result, I need to…

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## [ELK Stack to visualize vmware configuration from log bundles](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-to-visualize-vmware-configuration-from-log-bundles/150410)

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**Author:** [@prasadnambeesan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasadnambeesan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-stack-to-visualize-vmware-configuration-from-log-bundles/150410 "2018-09-29T05:54:42Z")

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HI Team , Pretty new to programming and Elk Stack. We are in the process of searching best tools to visualize vmware configurations files in json folder captured as part of vm-support logs to view the then captured his…

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## [Compare query with and without score calculation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-query-with-and-without-score-calculation/150402)

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**Author:** [@andrx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-query-with-and-without-score-calculation/150402 "2018-09-29T02:07:03Z")

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I would like to know if it is possible to disable score calculation for should types of queries or maybe it is possible to have an OR for filter context? ES version: 6+ For example: this query will search matches in e…

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## [Help import data using log-stash everyday](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-import-data-using-log-stash-everyday/150391)

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**Author:** [@shani\_angarkadu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shani_angarkadu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-import-data-using-log-stash-everyday/150391 "2018-09-29T02:01:54Z")

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I import the data from oracle db using log stash and add to the index. everyday we have changes in the data. so, we want to update the index everyday. what is the best way to add only the docs that have been changed i…

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## [About indices stored size](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-indices-stored-size/150290)

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**Author:** [@af615dbd55cac2cacf32](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/af615dbd55cac2cacf32)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-indices-stored-size/150290 "2018-09-29T00:23:35Z")

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Hello, My Logstash creates 17 indices daily basis, and stored size is as below. Should I reduce Shard number for small sized indices? OR merge some of indices? e.g. combine "access\_xpg\_prd\_20180928", "access\_ui50\_prd…

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## [Install of apt package is failing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-of-apt-package-is-failing/150385)

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**Author:** [@meatwad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meatwad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-of-apt-package-is-failing/150385 "2018-09-28T21:46:51Z")

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Hi. I'm just getting started with elastic and am having an issue installing the package from the apt repo. Here's the output: Fri 28 Sep 19:24:00 root@elastic \[~\] sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elastics…

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## [Authentication to realm active\_directory failed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-to-realm-active-directory-failed/150130)

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**Author:** [@lcui\_dxc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lcui_dxc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-to-realm-active-directory-failed/150130 "2018-09-28T21:33:19Z")

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Hello there: I'm trying to set up X-pack to talk to our LDAP, but ran into issues. I have not set up SSL yet. Here is the elasticsearch.yml: xpack.monitoring.enabled: true xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled: true …

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## [Score results based in a list of ids](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/score-results-based-in-a-list-of-ids/149377)

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**Author:** [@cesaribeiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cesaribeiro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/score-results-based-in-a-list-of-ids/149377 "2018-09-28T21:15:32Z")

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Hello guys! This is my first time using ElasticSearch so I'm sorry if I missed any documentation. So I'm trying to setup a query that will prioritize the document's whose id is in a .txt file that I have. What is the b…

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## [Shard size is different between primary and replica](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-size-is-different-between-primary-and-replica/150079)

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**Author:** [@dwilches](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dwilches)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-size-is-different-between-primary-and-replica/150079 "2018-09-28T20:59:15Z")

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We have an index that is divided in 10 primary shards (with 1 replica per shard, so we have 20 in total). I expected the shards to have roughly the same size, so I plotted a histogram with them: There are 3 shards th…

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## [Deleting specific indices with Curator](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-specific-indices-with-curator/150149)

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**Author:** [@Jasper\_Nygaard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jasper_Nygaard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-specific-indices-with-curator/150149 "2018-09-28T20:48:22Z")

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Setting up Curator to reindex into weekly indices (monthly gets too big), and when done I need to delete the daily indices - With the delete action, is it possible to delete specified indices? Haven't been able to find m…

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## [Date invalid format](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-invalid-format/150217)

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**Author:** [@michal123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michal123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-invalid-format/150217 "2018-09-28T19:32:46Z")

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I'm trying to import CSV to elastic, I was fallowing this post My data looks like this: From,To,NetEnforcer,Total Bandwidth (Gbps),In Bandwidth (Gbps),Out Bandwidth (Gbps),In Packets (Pps),Out Packets (Pps),Live Conne…

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## [Elasticsearch Search Exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-search-exception/150356)

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**Author:** [@Silen\_logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Silen_logs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-search-exception/150356 "2018-09-28T14:08:31Z")

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Hi all, I have a 3 node cluster in production in 5.6 version. I agreggate the data in daily indices and sometimes my cluster become unavailable and the exception that appears is "search\_phase\_exception". Reading the cl…

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## [Curator 5.5.4 debian 9](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-5-5-4-debian-9/150362)

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**Author:** [@Imad\_Bouchakour](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Imad_Bouchakour)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-5-5-4-debian-9/150362 "2018-09-28T17:52:51Z")

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hi I'am working with ELK in debian9, and i need curator to delete the old index. so at the first after executing directly //sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch-curator i was having the older ver…

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## [How to conditionally prepend text to E.164 format phone field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-conditionally-prepend-text-to-e-164-format-phone-field/150374)

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**Author:** [@mikesparr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikesparr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-conditionally-prepend-text-to-e-164-format-phone-field/150374 "2018-09-28T17:08:25Z")

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I have an index with 650,000 contacts and recently we standardized to store them in E.164 format (i.e. +15555555555). There are still old records 500K+ that are in other formats and I'd like to clean the data and standar…

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## [Aggregation and estimation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregation-and-estimation/150366)

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**Author:** [@woodbine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/woodbine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregation-and-estimation/150366 "2018-09-28T16:21:48Z")

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I'm searching an index with over 110m lines of data and doing large sums across this data. I know that Elastic uses estimation to avoid having to sum every item in a search. This is a necessary evil for us, as the time…

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## [Failed to process cluster event (put-mapping)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-process-cluster-event-put-mapping/150354)

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**Author:** [@Atthota](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atthota)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-process-cluster-event-put-mapping/150354 "2018-09-28T16:09:51Z")

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Hi, I have below issue from kibana , Any help appreciated. org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException: failed to process cluster event (put-mapping) within 30s at org.elasticsearch.cluster.s…

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## [API key](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key/150365)

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**Author:** [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-key/150365 "2018-09-28T16:04:23Z")

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Is there a way to create an API key instead of a username:password combination? If not, do I just create users using Kibana? This is old stuff, but I'm a bit rusty :grinning:

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