# Action \[indices:admin/create\] is unauthorized for user \[admin\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-indices-admin-create-is-unauthorized-for-user-admin/195175>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 14, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-indices-admin-create-is-unauthorized-for-user-admin/195175 "2019-08-14T09:49:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![masterThomas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/masterthomas/32/42765_2.png) [@masterThomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/masterThomas)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-indices-admin-create-is-unauthorized-for-user-admin/195175/1 "2019-08-14T09:49:38Z")

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Hi team, my custom endpoint makes bulk update request.  
I have got the error when i send my data to custom endpoint via Postman(admin/password authorized). Admin has superuser power.

```
 {
        "update": {
            "_index": "*-alerts",
            "_type": "doc",
            "_id": "aa07870e9241cb51337b6592d7b39d9c0e59affb",
            "status": 403,
            "error": {
                "type": "security_exception",
                "reason": "action [indices:admin/create] is unauthorized for user [admin]",
                "caused_by": {
                    "type": "illegal_state_exception",
                    "reason": "There are no external requests known to support wildcards that don't support replacing their indices"
                }
            }
        }
    },
```

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**Author:** ![masterThomas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/masterthomas/32/42765_2.png) [@masterThomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/masterThomas)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-indices-admin-create-is-unauthorized-for-user-admin/195175/2 "2019-08-15T09:23:27Z")

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team, any help?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/action-indices-admin-create-is-unauthorized-for-user-admin/195175/3 "2019-09-12T09:23:29Z")

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