# Curator Connection aborted **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 5, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-connection-aborted/81367 "2017-04-05T19:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![piyush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@piyush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/piyush)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-connection-aborted/81367/1 "2017-04-05T19:21:24Z")
Hi, I am trying to take snapshots for indices using curator-4.2 but while executing any action, it is always throwing error 'Connection aborted.'. I have almost 850 indices and i believe while initializing meta data, curator is getting timedout. Where should i make changes to avoid this error, any elasticsearch configurations i should be considering? because i tried with maximum timeout values 86400 also in curator config.yml PFB more details: 1. Elasticsearch-2.4.4 with Shiled 2. Curator-4.2.6 3. Curator actions tried - close,snapshot 4. We have total 858 indices (258 active rest are closed) 5. Same error for cli too: curator\_cli --config config.yml show\_indices 6. No Info/Error on elasticsearch logs DEBUG Log: 2017-04-05 11:58:58,350 DEBUG curator.indexlist \_\_build\_index\_info:80 Building preliminary index metadata for A-log-2017.03.17 2017-04-05 11:58:58,350 DEBUG curator.indexlist \_\_build\_index\_info:80 Building preliminary index metadata for B-log-2017.03.22 2017-04-05 11:58:58,350 DEBUG curator.indexlist \_\_build\_index\_info:80 Building preliminary index metadata for C-log-2017.03.30 2017-04-05 11:58:58,351 DEBUG curator.indexlist \_get\_metadata:145 Getting index metadata 2017-04-05 11:58:58,351 DEBUG curator.indexlist empty\_list\_check:182 Checking for empty list 2017-04-05 11:59:00,352 DEBUG curator.indexlist \_get\_index\_stats:113 Getting index stats 2017-04-05 11:59:00,352 DEBUG curator.indexlist empty\_list\_check:182 Checking for empty list 2017-04-05 11:59:00,353 DEBUG curator.indexlist working\_list:193 Generating working list of indices 2017-04-05 11:59:00,353 DEBUG curator.indexlist working\_list:193 Generating working list of indices 2017-04-05 11:59:00,369 ERROR curator.cli cli:193 Failed to complete action: close. \: ConnectionError(('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed connection without response',))) caused by: ProtocolError(('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed connection without response',))) Thanks & Regards, ---
**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:** [April 5, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-connection-aborted/81367/2 "2017-04-05T19:44:09Z")
If you're connecting through Shield, does the user performing the close or snapshot action have privileges to perform all necessary actions? It seems related, somehow. Are there any corresponding log entries on the client you're connecting to? It's unlikely that it's timing out during metadata collection, as that would return a more distinct error (a 5xx or 4xx error). When I look at the timestamps in the log entries, I see things a few milliseconds apart, which doesn't look like a timeout. You aren't connecting through a load balancer or proxy of any kind, are you? Or is it just a bare Shield-protected node's IP address in your curator.yml file? ---
**Author:** ![piyush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@piyush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/piyush)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-connection-aborted/81367/3 "2017-04-05T20:26:23Z")
Shiled user has all permissions, it's actually es-admin. Yes, i was trying to connect through DNS -\> Load balancer. As you suggested i tried connecting to client host and it worked. Thanks for quick response. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-connection-aborted/81367/4 "2017-05-03T20:26:26Z")
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