# Elasticsearch

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## [Get index by alias with python api](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-index-by-alias-with-python-api/137628)

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**Author:** [@hrdxwandg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hrdxwandg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-index-by-alias-with-python-api/137628 "2018-06-29T01:18:14Z")

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how to get actual index name by index alias name with elasticsearch-py or elasticsearch-dsl-py the version of es is 6.2.4 for your help! thank you ahead!

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## [Jackson error on startup of upgraded 5.6 cluster](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jackson-error-on-startup-of-upgraded-5-6-cluster/137714)

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**Author:** [@eswenson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eswenson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jackson-error-on-startup-of-upgraded-5-6-cluster/137714 "2018-06-29T00:50:31Z")

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I have a 2.4 cluster that I'm trying to upgrade to 5.6. I've followed the documentation (including making sure clustermigration helper plugin says things are ok) and upon startup of the 5.6 cluster, I get a jackson XML p…

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## [Need some help setting up geo indexes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-some-help-setting-up-geo-indexes/137509)

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**Author:** [@nos\_0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nos_0)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-some-help-setting-up-geo-indexes/137509 "2018-06-28T22:42:06Z")

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Hello, I am an elasticsearch noob and am trying to use the wikivoyage index dump (which uses elasticsearch 5.5.2) provided by wikipedia to do some geo queries. After bulk uploading their index in my local instance of el…

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## [Composite Aggregations for AggregationBuilders in Java API?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/composite-aggregations-for-aggregationbuilders-in-java-api/137872)

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**Author:** [@LivD1125](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LivD1125)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/composite-aggregations-for-aggregationbuilders-in-java-api/137872 "2018-06-28T22:15:17Z")

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Composite Aggregations don't seem to be available yet for the Java high-level rest API (specifically through the AggregationBuilders class). Anyone know a timeline on when that will be available? Composite Aggregations …

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## [Issue with QueryStringQuery regular expression](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-querystringquery-regular-expression/137822)

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**Author:** [@sss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sss)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-querystringquery-regular-expression/137822 "2018-06-28T20:53:42Z")

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ES is upgraded to 5.6.9. the following query which used to return hits in 2.4 version doesnt return anymore.Assume that there is a field 'PlanID' whose value is "Plan1005". In 5.6.9, this works only when search string is…

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## [Avoid field indexing Java API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-field-indexing-java-api/137837)

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**Author:** [@Josef\_Fritzer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Josef_Fritzer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-field-indexing-java-api/137837 "2018-06-28T19:36:54Z")

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Hi guys, I would like to use elastic for data storage, therefore I use the Index Request new IndexRequest(„myIndex“, „mytype“, „randomId“).source(„myJson“, Xcontent.Json). But i have to avoid that the fields of the added…

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## [How to filter out system indices?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-filter-out-system-indices/137851)

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**Author:** [@Jinggang\_Diao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jinggang_Diao)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-filter-out-system-indices/137851 "2018-06-28T19:30:24Z")

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I cannot find any documentation on system indices. I want to retrieve all non-system indices and the way I am doing it is to get all indices first and filter out system indices. The filter I am using is "does the index …

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## [Query -elastic search-Facet slor vs aggregation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-elastic-search-facet-slor-vs-aggregation/137694)

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**Author:** [@snigdharao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/snigdharao)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-elastic-search-facet-slor-vs-aggregation/137694 "2018-06-28T18:39:26Z")

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Hi Currently in solr we are using facets to implement autocomplete functionality and we are using title has the parameter also year for filtering the data. This looks something similar to this select title from tablen…

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## [ES 6.3.0 Duplicate field message generated in BulkProcessor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-0-duplicate-field-message-generated-in-bulkprocessor/137797)

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**Author:** [@gmarshall56](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gmarshall56)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-6-3-0-duplicate-field-message-generated-in-bulkprocessor/137797 "2018-06-28T17:58:13Z")

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The BulkProcessor class many times is calling our overridden "afterBulk" failure method we defined. Here is our BulkProcessor Listener() code: if (bulkProcessor == null) { bulkProcessor = BulkProcessor.builder…

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## [What's the difference between dot indices and non-dot indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-dot-indices-and-non-dot-indices/137819)

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**Author:** [@\_princesscode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_princesscode)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-difference-between-dot-indices-and-non-dot-indices/137819 "2018-06-28T17:37:37Z")

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This is probably a dumb question, but what's the difference between the .indices and the normal indices. I'm assuming that .indices are used for more core indices for holding configuration/settings (ex: .kibana). Is the…

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## [How I can install plugin elasticsearch-head](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-install-plugin-elasticsearch-head/137818)

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**Author:** [@Win32Sector](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Win32Sector)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-install-plugin-elasticsearch-head/137818 "2018-06-28T16:47:27Z")

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Hello! How I can install elasticsearch-plugin on elasticsearch latest version on ubuntu xenial? I made clean installation of elasticsearch with ansible and it's works, but, If I Install elasticsearch-plugin with this i…

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## [The service was suddenly shutdown,then saw the logs"unexpected error while indexing monitoring document"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-service-was-suddenly-shutdown-then-saw-the-logs-unexpected-error-while-indexing-monitoring-document/137823)

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**Author:** [@KenChen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KenChen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-service-was-suddenly-shutdown-then-saw-the-logs-unexpected-error-while-indexing-monitoring-document/137823 "2018-06-28T16:07:57Z")

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our elasticserach service was shutdown,we found "unexpected error while indexing monitoring document",then we searched many answers,but no one can resolve our problem. org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.exporter.Export…

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## [Error in search, authentification, then NodeNotConnectedException](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-search-authentification-then-nodenotconnectedexception/137824)

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**Author:** [@mohammedEssabri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohammedEssabri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-search-authentification-then-nodenotconnectedexception/137824 "2018-06-28T15:54:35Z")

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Hello team, i would like to ask a question about a bug which is appearing in ou Elasticseach cluster . Elasticsearch version 1.7 Plugins installed: \[license 1.0.0, shield 1.3.2, kopf 1.5.8, head\] JVM version (j…

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## [Quick question(s) delete test data?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quick-question-s-delete-test-data/137658)

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**Author:** [@gavin.mcmenemy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gavin.mcmenemy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quick-question-s-delete-test-data/137658 "2018-06-28T15:45:54Z")

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Hi There, I have an elasticsearch server which has had data shipped to it by logstash. This data is just a dump of a servers windows logs. I've been using it to test the basic setup of ELK. Now I'd like to move to some…

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## [Sorting in nested lists?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-in-nested-lists/137434)

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**Author:** [@cherry-wave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cherry-wave)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-in-nested-lists/137434 "2018-06-28T15:37:22Z")

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Hey guys! (I am using ES version 5.6.4 if this is relevant) I have entries that can have different "variations" from different sources. They are merged in a specific order before shown to the user. I already had quite a…

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## [Unable to get elasticsearch to run with jar hell](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-elasticsearch-to-run-with-jar-hell/137810)

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**Author:** [@StephM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/StephM)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-elasticsearch-to-run-with-jar-hell/137810 "2018-06-28T15:32:34Z")

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I'm totally new to elasticsearch, and I've been asked to look at using Elassandra. I've followed the instructions here: http://doc.elassandra.io/en/v6.2.3.2/installation.html, but it's just not working for me. I can run…

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## [Duplicate content returned while paginating](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-content-returned-while-paginating/136535)

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**Author:** [@subrato](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subrato)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-content-returned-while-paginating/136535 "2018-06-28T14:56:04Z")

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I have 3 data nodes and 2 master nodes. I imported all the content and am using NEST to do simple search. Here is the code for that. mediaResponse = elastic.Search\<Articles\>(s =\> s …

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## [Significant increase in elasticsearch query time after upgrade to 6.2.3](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/significant-increase-in-elasticsearch-query-time-after-upgrade-to-6-2-3/137685)

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**Author:** [@zubinr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zubinr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/significant-increase-in-elasticsearch-query-time-after-upgrade-to-6-2-3/137685 "2018-06-28T14:53:37Z")

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We recently upgraded our ELK stack from 5.6.6. to 6.2.3 In 5.6.6 with the \_all field enabled if a user didn't specify a field, the query would hit the \_all field and get the results In 6.2.3 with the \_all field disable…

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## [Elasticsearch.js API request timeout](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-js-api-request-timeout/137682)

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**Author:** [@dmongit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dmongit)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-js-api-request-timeout/137682 "2018-06-28T14:37:30Z")

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Short story: I'm using the es.js client creation code for the api. I call bulk with the api. I get a request timeout. I'm passing a newline delimited json array. Longer story (read the short story first, please): My co…

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## [Simple ingest pipeline reindex not getting all documents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-ingest-pipeline-reindex-not-getting-all-documents/137783)

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**Author:** [@chapmantrain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chapmantrain)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-ingest-pipeline-reindex-not-getting-all-documents/137783 "2018-06-28T14:19:04Z")

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I am running a test on a simple reindex via a pipeline. I should be getting around 1500 documents according to the query, however, I am getting consistently around 900. I do see one or two failures but I seem to missing …

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## [Elasticsearch to Snowflake](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-to-snowflake/137796)

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**Author:** [@Arya\_Saha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arya_Saha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-to-snowflake/137796 "2018-06-28T14:05:26Z")

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How to push the data from elastisearch to snowflake?

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## [Will ES 6.3.0 BulkProcessor class be updated to use HLRC?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-es-6-3-0-bulkprocessor-class-be-updated-to-use-hlrc/137676)

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**Author:** [@gmarshall56](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gmarshall56)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-es-6-3-0-bulkprocessor-class-be-updated-to-use-hlrc/137676 "2018-06-28T13:14:05Z")

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I am attempting to migrate our java code to use ES version 6.3.0. We are using the ES BulkProcessor class when we run complete rebuilds of our index. I see that the public static BulkProcessor.Builder builder method of…

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## [Data transfer between filebeat and elasticsearch ingest](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-transfer-between-filebeat-and-elasticsearch-ingest/137789)

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**Author:** [@roshni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roshni)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-transfer-between-filebeat-and-elasticsearch-ingest/137789 "2018-06-28T12:58:29Z")

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Hi , I have filebeat running on machine A and elasticsearch ingest configured in machine B While transfering 30 mb data from filebeat , in between when the intermediate status is checked, I get the following size info…

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## [How to index a document using Java REST client POST method](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-a-document-using-java-rest-client-post-method/137762)

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**Author:** [@suyash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-a-document-using-java-rest-client-post-method/137762 "2018-06-28T12:53:44Z")

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Hi, I want to index a document into amazonES . I am using Java REST client . As per the documentation I found links to indexing a document as PUT method. Map\<String, String\> params = Collections.emptyMap(); String jso…

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## [X-Pack Monitoring in Elasticsearch 5.6](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-monitoring-in-elasticsearch-5-6/137612)

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**Author:** [@sukeshss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukeshss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-monitoring-in-elasticsearch-5-6/137612 "2018-06-28T11:35:14Z")

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I am trying to install X-pack in standalone ES. I have configured xpack.security.enabled: false xpack.monitoring.enabled: true in my elasticsearch.yml and kibana.yml and restarted both services. But the monitoring op…

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## [X-pack 6.3 sql query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-6-3-sql-query/137765)

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**Author:** [@suhan\_kim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suhan_kim)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-6-3-sql-query/137765 "2018-06-28T11:34:36Z")

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curl -X POST "http://localhost:9200/\_xpack/sql?format=json" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' { "query": "SELECT \* FROM logstash-2018.06.28" } ' {"error":{"root\_cause":\[{"type":"parsing\_exception","reason":"li…

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## [Webserver access log best practices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/webserver-access-log-best-practices/137777)

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**Author:** [@kelvink](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kelvink)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/webserver-access-log-best-practices/137777 "2018-06-28T11:05:59Z")

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Goal : To create websites analytics (click analytics, access time, etc) Plan: Log click metrics data to apache2 access log. Analytics are simply posted directly using POST / GET request, and preferably with a JSON bod…

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## [Stemmer filter ignored in Analyze API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stemmer-filter-ignored-in-analyze-api/137695)

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**Author:** [@frankkoornstra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/frankkoornstra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stemmer-filter-ignored-in-analyze-api/137695 "2018-06-28T11:02:12Z")

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I'm trying to see what stemming does specifically for different types of stemmers but when I do the following: curl -X POST \\ http://i:9200/\_analyze \\ -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \\ -H 'Content-Type: application/j…

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## [Elasticsearch.jquery.js vs elasticsearch.js](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-jquery-js-vs-elasticsearch-js/137773)

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**Author:** [@rs123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rs123)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-jquery-js-vs-elasticsearch-js/137773 "2018-06-28T10:34:54Z")

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Are elasticsearch.jquery.js and elasticsearch.js different or elasticsearch.jquery.js is sub part of elasticsearch.js?

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## [Access denied error during snapshot creation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-denied-error-during-snapshot-creation/137771)

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**Author:** [@arunachala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunachala)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-denied-error-during-snapshot-creation/137771 "2018-06-28T10:18:16Z")

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Following is our ES setup: version : 2.4.1 Nodes: 2 Shared directory : /data/backups on master (also a data) node and mounted using sshfs (fuse) on other nodes. About, sshfs mount, Below is the fstab entry on non-m…

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