# Elasticsearch

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## [Elasticsearch server is unreachable every 2 hours](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-server-is-unreachable-every-2-hours/109564)

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**Author:** [@COil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/COil)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-server-is-unreachable-every-2-hours/109564 "2017-11-29T14:24:56Z")

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Hi, I have created a question on the stack-exchange network about this problem but without a lot of success. elasticsearch is unreachable every two hours 8h52 , 10h52 during several seconds./minutes. And then i…

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## [Use @timestamp in a \_update\_by\_query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-timestamp-in-a-update-by-query/109581)

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**Author:** [@Frances\_Buontempo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frances_Buontempo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-timestamp-in-a-update-by-query/109581 "2017-11-29T13:30:36Z")

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I'm trying to add a field to documents in an index. I want to bake in the @timestamp field. If I use something like the following in a curl -XPOST -d '{ "script" : { "ctx.source.extra\_field = ctx.\_source.timestamp;",…

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## [Index twitter data with coordinates geo\_point parse exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-twitter-data-with-coordinates-geo-point-parse-exception/109259)

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**Author:** [@Bruno\_Lavoie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Lavoie)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-twitter-data-with-coordinates-geo-point-parse-exception/109259 "2017-11-29T14:07:58Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to index some twitter data without success because of the coordinates field that I want to use as geo\_point. Here is my template: Here is a document: When I run steps to delete index, replace …

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## [JVM core dump with official Docker image for ElasticSearch 5.5.3](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jvm-core-dump-with-official-docker-image-for-elasticsearch-5-5-3/108578)

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**Author:** [@Andre\_Caron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andre_Caron)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jvm-core-dump-with-official-docker-image-for-elasticsearch-5-5-3/108578 "2017-11-29T13:54:50Z")

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Hi there! I'm porting my application to ElasticSearch and Kibana 5.5 (from 1.7 and 4.1, respectively). I'm not migrating any data (yet), only trying to get my application to run against a fresh instance of 5.5. While …

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## [How can I strip text from a document before it goes into the index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-strip-text-from-a-document-before-it-goes-into-the-index/109589)

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**Author:** [@bilpor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bilpor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-strip-text-from-a-document-before-it-goes-into-the-index/109589 "2017-11-29T13:40:21Z")

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HI All, I have created an index of an intranet site that is written in classic asp. The idea being that a search can be performed of the entire site. The trouble is in the content I also have my vbscript that are in '\<%…

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## [Scroll api with rest client](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-api-with-rest-client/109603)

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**Author:** [@kanchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kanchan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scroll-api-with-rest-client/109603 "2017-11-29T13:38:34Z")

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Hi Team, How could I use scroll api with rest client.I wanna use rest client.Is any alternative of scroll api for using rest client.

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## [Node settings must not contain any index level setting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-settings-must-not-contain-any-index-level-setting/109573)

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**Author:** [@surendran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surendran)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-settings-must-not-contain-any-index-level-setting/109573 "2017-11-29T13:06:41Z")

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\[2017-11-29T10:53:34,618\]\[ERROR\]\[o.e.b.Bootstrap \] Exception java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: node settings must not contain any index level settings at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(Set…

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## [Do synonyms chain?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-synonyms-chain/109551)

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**Author:** [@robbo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robbo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-synonyms-chain/109551 "2017-11-29T12:14:12Z")

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We've spotted some unusual behaviour when using synonyms, and I just wanted to confirm whether we've found a bug or a feature :slight\_smile: We've a synonym list that contains something like this dog, pet pet, cat ca…

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## [How do I output the score](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-output-the-score/109437)

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**Author:** [@bilpor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bilpor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-output-the-score/109437 "2017-11-29T12:12:50Z")

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I perform the following query in: GET fullsiteindex/\_search { "query": { "query\_string" : { "query" :"my search string", "fields" :\["content"\] } }, "\_source" :\["path.real", "path.virtual", "meta.title", "meta.raw.mo…

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## [Sort by position / best match](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-position-best-match/106232)

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**Author:** [@jakobdo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jakobdo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-position-best-match/106232 "2017-11-29T12:12:09Z")

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Hello, i'm searching against a elacsticsearch server and i am wondering if i can control the score of a result? Today i do a search like: query = { 'query': { 'multi\_match': { 'query': "Foo Bar Inc",…

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## [Lucene 6 jar compatible with which hibernate search jar](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lucene-6-jar-compatible-with-which-hibernate-search-jar/109582)

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**Author:** [@kanchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kanchan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lucene-6-jar-compatible-with-which-hibernate-search-jar/109582 "2017-11-29T12:10:48Z")

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Hi team, I am getting jar related issues while using when updating lucene from 3.5.2 to 6.I think hibernate search and hibernate search analyzer jar is not compatible with lucene updated version(6). I am getting below …

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## [Using boost in a match query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-boost-in-a-match-query/109539)

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**Author:** [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-boost-in-a-match-query/109539 "2017-11-29T11:57:46Z")

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Hi, I am trying to find documentation about the boost feature of a match query like in the following sample: { "match": { "name": { "query": "sony", "boost": 10, "\_name": "match sony" } } …

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## [Email sending error in elastalert. SMTPSenderRefused: (530, '5.5.1 Authentication Required)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-sending-error-in-elastalert-smtpsenderrefused-530-5-5-1-authentication-required/109034)

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**Author:** [@varun1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varun1992)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-sending-error-in-elastalert-smtpsenderrefused-530-5-5-1-authentication-required/109034 "2017-11-24T13:17:04Z")

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i got gmail authentication error. my config and error message as below I already allowed less secure apps in gmail Config.yaml file email section as below name: frequency\_rule type: frequency index: security num\_eve…

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## [Any limitations with distributed load-drivers?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-limitations-with-distributed-load-drivers/107939)

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**Author:** [@JohanRask](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JohanRask)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-limitations-with-distributed-load-drivers/107939 "2017-11-29T11:43:28Z")

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Hi (again), We are trying to use rally to put max load on our cluster and I just want to rule out rally as a potential bottleneck for our current issue, we are unable to go above 105.000:ish docs per second on our infra…

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## [Unable to fix "Content type detection for rest requests is deprecated. Specify the content type using the \[Content-Type\] header." in ES 5.6.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-fix-content-type-detection-for-rest-requests-is-deprecated-specify-the-content-type-using-the-content-type-header-in-es-5-6-1/108404)

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**Author:** [@saii](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saii)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-fix-content-type-detection-for-rest-requests-is-deprecated-specify-the-content-type-using-the-content-type-header-in-es-5-6-1/108404 "2017-11-29T11:28:23Z")

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Hi ..I am using \_bulk for sending bulk requests to ES. When I run the code, I find the warning "Content type detection for rest requests is deprecated. Specify the content type using the \[Content-Type\] header.Deprecated…

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## [How to provide different config paths to start multiple Elasticsearch GA 6 instances in a single machine?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-provide-different-config-paths-to-start-multiple-elasticsearch-ga-6-instances-in-a-single-machine/109529)

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**Author:** [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-provide-different-config-paths-to-start-multiple-elasticsearch-ga-6-instances-in-a-single-machine/109529 "2017-11-29T11:27:48Z")

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Hi, I am using Elasticsearch GA 6. I would like to run multiple ES instances in my machine. While I was using GA 5, I use to start elasticsearch like; ./elasticsearch -Epath.conf=../config/node1\_config ./elasticsearch …

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## [Bootstrap checks failed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed/109563)

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**Author:** [@surendran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surendran)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed/109563 "2017-11-29T11:02:34Z")

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\[2017-11-29T05:06:26,426\]\[INFO \]\[o.e.b.BootstrapChecks \] \[Machine01\] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks \[2017-11-29T05:06:26,433\]\[ERROR\]\[o.e.b.Bootstrap …

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## [Best practice to backup Elasticsearch indexes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-practice-to-backup-elasticsearch-indexes/109566)

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**Author:** [@Milad\_Hamid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Milad_Hamid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-practice-to-backup-elasticsearch-indexes/109566 "2017-11-29T10:55:34Z")

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How to make a backup of our Elasticsearch indexes to the disk to have archive of our logs?

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## [Elasticsearch 6.0 bulk write is slower in a cluster but fast in single node setup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-bulk-write-is-slower-in-a-cluster-but-fast-in-single-node-setup/109508)

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**Author:** [@scriperdj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/scriperdj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-bulk-write-is-slower-in-a-cluster-but-fast-in-single-node-setup/109508 "2017-11-29T10:47:05Z")

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We have a 5 nodes production setup (1 coordinator, 1 master, 3 data nodes). We have setup a Kafka sink to dump messages to an ES index in this cluster. The URL for the sink is pointed to the Coordinator node. Below is m…

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## [ES cluster 5.5.0 + rest client api + scroll api](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-cluster-5-5-0-rest-client-api-scroll-api/109403)

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**Author:** [@shijiebei2009](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shijiebei2009)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-cluster-5-5-0-rest-client-api-scroll-api/109403 "2017-11-29T10:40:01Z")

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The java rest client api 5.5.0 does not support scroll api? am i right? and I found java rest client api 5.6.4 support scroll api, can I use rest client 5.6.4 with cluster 5.5.0? by the way, my es cluster server is jdk…

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## [Need validation of localhost:9200](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-validation-of-localhost-9200/109503)

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**Author:** [@chenfan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenfan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-validation-of-localhost-9200/109503 "2017-11-29T10:38:16Z")

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help! when i curl localhost:9200 need validation i user /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-keystore create ==\>a keystore.seed i don't load the corresponding configuration to elasticsearch.yml i don't know ho…

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## [Cluster crash after upgrading Kibana to 6.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-crash-after-upgrading-kibana-to-6-0/109454)

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**Author:** [@LogBabel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LogBabel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-crash-after-upgrading-kibana-to-6-0/109454 "2017-11-29T10:11:11Z")

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Hello all, Our cluster was upgraded from 5.6.3 to 6.0.0 and has now crashed and will not recover. I followed the directions and used a rolling upgrade. It seems upgrading Kibana to 6.0.0 caused some sort of failure. …

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## [How to fix these errors while staring up Elasticsearch 6](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-these-errors-while-staring-up-elasticsearch-6/109510)

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**Author:** [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-these-errors-while-staring-up-elasticsearch-6/109510 "2017-11-29T09:27:30Z")

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Hi, I am using ELK GA 6. When I launch elasticsearch, I was getting the error below; \[2017-11-27T14:23:09,678\]\[WARN \]\[o.e.b.JNANatives \] unable to install syscall filter: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException…

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## [Upgrade to ES 6.0, ElasticSearch wont start](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-to-es-6-0-elasticsearch-wont-start/109047)

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**Author:** [@moriol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moriol)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-to-es-6-0-elasticsearch-wont-start/109047 "2017-11-29T09:06:42Z")

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I have upgraded from ElasticSearch 5.6.2 to 6.0.0 on Centos 7 and am getting the following error when trying to start the service: Nov 24 16:18:37 desktopoli systemd: Starting Elasticsearch... Nov 24 16:18:37 desktopol…

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## [Elastic eating 25% CPU](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-eating-25-cpu/107747)

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**Author:** [@pir1981](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pir1981)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-eating-25-cpu/107747 "2017-11-29T08:41:10Z")

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Hi, I am very new to logging and successfully installed a month back an ELK stack for monitoring with grafana, prometheus and cadvisor (all running in docker). But for about two weeks now I am seeing a constant elastic…

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## [Nested query no longer working in ES 6.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-no-longer-working-in-es-6-0/109413)

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**Author:** [@creaticious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/creaticious)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-no-longer-working-in-es-6-0/109413 "2017-11-29T07:21:10Z")

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Hey guys, we upgraded our system running ES5.4 to ES6.0. We used some nested querys for months that are no longer working after the upgrade...they fail with "...\[nested\] nested object under path \[dates\] is not of neste…

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## [How to start two instances of ES 6.0 as a service?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-start-two-instances-of-es-6-0-as-a-service/109328)

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**Author:** [@elastic\_paul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic_paul)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-start-two-instances-of-es-6-0-as-a-service/109328 "2017-11-29T06:13:01Z")

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As an experiment I would like to run 2 instances of ES on each server - I know this is not normally recommended. My servers has 128GB RAM and 12 processors (24 cores) so I would like to try running two instances. I have…

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## [Elasticsearch query using API manager](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-using-api-manager/108941)

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**Author:** [@snowy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/snowy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-using-api-manager/108941 "2017-11-29T03:47:35Z")

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I am involved in a project for work where I have to query an Elasticsearch server using an API manager and Python. I have the below code but the error I'm getting indicates I'm using the wrong content-type. I'm not sure …

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## [ES JVM pressure spike and garbage collection issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-jvm-pressure-spike-and-garbage-collection-issue/108093)

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**Author:** [@tusharkale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tusharkale)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-jvm-pressure-spike-and-garbage-collection-issue/108093 "2017-11-29T03:31:21Z")

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Hi, We are using AWS ES for the past one year. For the past one or two weeks we are seeing spikes in JVM pressure (and no garbage collection) resulting in writes being blocked. I need help in understanding what could be…

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## [Circuit breaker always trips](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/circuit-breaker-always-trips/109067)

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**Author:** [@Attila\_Nagy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Attila_Nagy)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/circuit-breaker-always-trips/109067 "2017-11-29T03:19:09Z")

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I have a cluster of 40 nodes. Today Elasticsearch started to return circuit breaker exceptions for all queries on two given nodes. Even for this: $ curl -s 'http://localhost:9200/' { "error":{ "root\_cause":\[ …

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