# Curator Configuration / Errors **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** curator\ **Created:** [June 15, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-configuration-errors/276051 "2021-06-15T19:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@bgreen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bgreen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-configuration-errors/276051/1 "2021-06-15T19:58:47Z")
Hi, Like many folks, my Elasticsearch indices are taking up quite a bit of disk space and I'm trying to use curator to delete/reduce disk usage. However, when I execute the command I get the following error and I'm a bit at a loss on how to decipher the errors. I've included the curator.yml and the action\_file.yml in case I've messed those up. I appreciate any suggestions. Hi, Like many folks, my Elasticsearch indices are taking up quite a bit of disk space and I'm trying to use curator to delete/reduce disk usage. However, when I execute the command I get the following error. I've included the curator.yml and the action\_file.yml in case I've messed those up. I appreicate any suggestions. root@secon:/home/bgreen## cd /usr/local/bin root@secon:/usr/local/bin# curator --config /usr/local/bin/curator.yml /usr/local/bin/action\_file.yml Traceback (most recent call last): ` File "/usr/local/bin/curator", line 8, in ` ` sys.exit(cli())` ` File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 829, in __call__ ` ` return self.main(*args, **kwargs)` ` File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 782, in main` ` rv = self.invoke(ctx)` ` File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke` ` return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)` ` File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 610, in invoke` ` return callback(*args, **kwargs)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/curator/cli.py", line 243, in cli` ` run(config, action_file, dry_run)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/curator/cli.py", line 110, in run` ` client_args = process_config(config)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/curator/config_utils.py", line 43, in process_config` ` config = test_config(yaml_file)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/curator/config_utils.py", line 12, in test_config` ` yaml_config = get_yaml(config)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/curator/utils.py", line 59, in get_yaml` ` return yaml.load(read_file(path), Loader=yaml.FullLoader)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/ __init__.py", line 114, in load` ` return loader.get_single_data()` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/constructor.py", line 49, in get_single_data` ` node = self.get_single_node()` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 36, in get_single_node` ` document = self.compose_document()` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 55, in compose_document` ` node = self.compose_node(None, None)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 84, in compose_node` ` node = self.compose_mapping_node(anchor)` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 127, in compose_mapping_node` ` while not self.check_event(MappingEndEvent):` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/parser.py", line 98, in check_event` ` self.current_event = self.state()` ` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/yaml/parser.py", line 438, in parse_block_mapping_key` ` raise ParserError("while parsing a block mapping", self.marks[-1],` `yaml.parser.ParserError: while parsing a block mapping` ` in "", line 4, column 1:` ` client:` ` ^ ` ` expected , but found ''` ` in "", line 7, column 2:` ` port: 9200` ` ^` root@secon:/usr/local/bin# curator.yml `--- ` ` #Remember, leave a key empty if there is no value. None will be a string,` `#not a Python "NoneType"` `client:` ` hosts:` ` - 127.0.0.1` ` port: 9200` ` url_prefix:` ` use_ssl: False` ` certificate:` ` client_cert:` ` client_key:` ` ssl_no_validate: False` ` username:` ` password:` ` http_auth:` ` timeout: 30` ` master_only: False` ` logging:` ` loglevel: INFO` ` logfile:` ` logformat: default` ` blacklist: ['elasticsearch', 'urllib3']` action\_file.yml `actions: ` ` 1:` ` action: delete_indices` ` description: >-` ` Delete indices older than 30 days based on index name` ` options:` ` ignore_empty_list: True` ` disable_action: False` ` filters:` ` - filtertype: pattern` ` kind: regex` ` value: '^(metric|heart)beat-.*'` ` - filtertype: age` ` source: name` ` direction: older` ` timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'` ` unit: days` ` unit_count: '30'` EOF``` ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-configuration-errors/276051/2 "2021-06-16T20:52:30Z")
Your pasted code doesn't seem to have preserved indentation, so I can't tell what may be wrong. The error seems to indicate something incorrect with your YAML formatting, though. Perhaps try to paste more cleanly? ```` ``` Your pasted code here ``` ```` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-configuration-errors/276051/3 "2021-07-14T20:53:15Z")
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