# Authentication Exception when creating alias AWS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-exception-when-creating-alias-aws/68976>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 14, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-exception-when-creating-alias-aws/68976 "2016-12-14T06:29:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Srinivas\_Mangipudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Srinivas\_Mangipudi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinivas_Mangipudi)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-exception-when-creating-alias-aws/68976/1 "2016-12-14T06:29:23Z")

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We are trying to run some scripts to create time-series based indices and alias. Create index etc work fine, but create alias is not being allowed and throws the following exception.

Failed to complete action: alias. \<class 'elasticsearch.exceptions.AuthenticationException'\>: TransportError(401, u'{"Message":"Your request: '/\_cluster/state/metadata/.kibana,.kibana-4,browntape,bt\_companies\_1,bt\_company\_day\_counts\_1,bt\_orders\_1,bt\_queue\_results1,bt\_sku\_day\_closing\_stock1,bt\_skus\_1,command.php,queue\_pings1' is not allowed."}')

we are on AWS ElasticSearch 2.3 and using Curator 4.2.4

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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:** [January 11, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-exception-when-creating-alias-aws/68976/2 "2017-01-11T06:29:29Z")

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Closed on January 11, 2017, 6:29am UTC

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