# Beats input: the pipe line is blocked || failed to create shard **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 17, 2016, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-the-pipe-line-is-blocked-failed-to-create-shard/55686 "2016-07-17T08:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muhamadli302](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@muhamadli302](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muhamadli302)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-the-pipe-line-is-blocked-failed-to-create-shard/55686/1 "2016-07-17T08:43:12Z")
Hi, I'm using logstash 2.1, ES 1.7, and filebeat. Here is my config file: `input { beats { port => 5044 } } filter { csv { separator => "," columns => ["Name", "id"] } } output { elasticsearch { index => "filebeat-input" hosts => ["ip:9200"] } }` And the error I get in logstash while it's running is: "Beats input: the pipeline in blocked, temporary refusing connection. {:reconnect\_backoff\_sleep=\>0.5, :level=\>warn}" It is entering the data, but very slow. What's the problem? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![muhamadli302](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@muhamadli302](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muhamadli302)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-the-pipe-line-is-blocked-failed-to-create-shard/55686/2 "2016-07-17T13:33:58Z")
I figured out the problem was with my ES server, so maybe the tag should be changed. I looked on the logs and the only error I see is: failed to create shard... This stuck my ES and not indexing any data... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-the-pipe-line-is-blocked-failed-to-create-shard/55686/3 "2017-07-05T22:34:57Z")