# Delete indices now working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718 "2019-05-31T11:57:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Bhargav\_Patel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhargav_patel/32/47231_2.png) [@Bhargav\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhargav_Patel)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718/1 "2019-05-31T11:57:26Z")

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I tried following command with curator cli

```auto
curator_cli --host ray-elasticsearch-service delete_indices --filter_list '{"filtertype":"age","source":"name","timestring":"%Y.%m.%d","unit":"days","unit_count"
:1,"direction":"older"}'

```

and the output which i got is

```auto
:1,"direction":"older"}'
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.906Z", "function": "do_action",
 "linenum": 525, "loglevel": "INFO",
 "message": "Deleting selected indices: [u'logs-2019.03.08', u'logs-2019.03.09', u'metrics-2019.03.30', u'metrics-2019.03.31', u'logs-2019.04.25', u'metrics-2019.05.12', u'logs-2019.03.01', u'logs-2019.03.02', u'logs-2019.03.03', u'logs-2019.03.04'
, u'logs-2019.03.05', u'logs-2019.03.06', u'logs-2019.03.07', u'logs-2019.05.11', u'metrics-2019.03.17', u'metrics-2019.03.21', u'metrics-2019.03.20', u'metrics-2019.03.10', u'logs-2019.03.27', u'metrics-2019.03.12', u'logs-2019.03.25'
, u'logs-2019.03.28', u'logs-2019.03.29', u'metrics-2019.03.18', u'metrics-2019.03.19', u'metrics-2019.02.17', u'metrics-2019.02.16', u'metrics-2019.02.15', u'logs-2019.04.28', u'logs-2019.04.17', u'logs-2019.04.23', u'logs-2019.04.22', u'logs-2019.04.21', u'logs-2019.04.20', u'logs-2019.04.27', u'logs-2019.04.26', u'metrics-2019.02.19', u'metrics-2019.02.18', u'metrics-2019.04.08', u'metrics-2019.04.09', u'metrics-2019.04.02', u'metrics-2019.05.09', u'metrics-2019.04.01', u'metrics-2019.04.06', u'metrics-2019.04.07', u'metrics-2019.04.04', u'metrics-2019.04.05', u'logs-2019.02.18', u'logs-2019.02.19', u'logs-2019.02.15', u'logs-2019.02.16', u'logs-2019.02.17', u'metrics-2019.03.24', u'metrics-2019.03.09', u'metrics-2019.03.08', u'metrics-2019.03.03', u'metrics-2019.03.02', u'metrics-2019.03.01', u'metrics-2019.03.07', u'metrics-2019.03.06', u'metrics-2019.03.05', u'metrics-2019.03.04', u'logs-2019.04.03', u'logs-2019.04.30', u'metrics-2019.05.19', u'metrics-2019.04.03', u'metrics-2019.04.19', u'metrics-2019.04.18', u'metrics-2019.04.11', u'metrics-2019.04.10', u'metrics-2019.04.13', u'metrics-2019.04.12', u'metrics-2019.04.15', u'metrics-2019.04.14', u'metrics-2019.04.17', u'metrics-2019.04.16', u'logs-2019.02.28', u'logs-2019.02.21', u'logs-2019.02.20', u'logs-2019.02.23', u'logs-2019.02.22', u'logs-2019.02.25', u'logs-2019.02.24', u'logs-2019.02.27', u'logs-2019.04.08', u'metrics-2019.03.15', u'logs-2019.04.24', u'logs-2019.04.05', u'logs-2019.04.04', u'logs-2019.04.07', u'logs-2019.04.06', u'logs-2019.04.01', u'metrics-2019.05.18', u'logs-2019.04.02', u'metrics-2019.05.16', u'metrics-2019.05.17', u'metrics-2019.05.14', u'metrics-2019.05.15', u'logs-2019.04.09', u'metrics-2019.05.13', u'metrics-2019.05.10', u'metrics-2019.05.11', u'metrics-2019.04.28', u'metrics-2019.04.29', u'logs-2019.05.30', u'metrics-2019.04.24', u'metrics-2019.04.25', u'metrics-2019.04.26', u'metrics-2019.04.27', u'metrics-2019.04.20', u'metrics-2019.04.21', u'metrics-2019.04.22', u'metrics-2019.04.23', u'metrics-2019.04.30', u'logs-2019.04.12', u'logs-2019.04.13', u'logs-2019.04.10', u'logs-2019.04.11', u'logs-2019.04.16', u'metrics-2019.05.08', u'logs-2019.04.14', u'logs-2019.04.15', u'metrics-2019.05.05', u'metrics-2019.05.04', u'metrics-2019.05.07', u'logs-2019.04.19', u'metrics-2019.05.01', u'logs-2019.03.20', u'metrics-2019.05.03', u'metrics-2019.05.02', u'logs-2019.05.24', u'logs-2019.05.25', u'logs-2019.05.26', u'logs-2019.05.27', u'logs-2019.05.20', u'logs-2019.05.21', u'logs-2019.05.22', u'logs-2019.05.23', u'logs-2019.03.26', u'logs-2019.05.28', u'logs-2019.05.29', u'metrics-2019.03.11', u'logs-2019.03.24', u'metrics-2019.03.13', u'metrics-2019.02.28', u'metrics-2019.02.26', u'metrics-2019.02.27', u'metrics-2019.02.24', u'metrics-2019.02.25', u'metrics-2019.02.22', u'metrics-2019.02.23', u'metrics-2019.02.20', u'metrics-2019.02.21', u'metrics-2019.05.30', u'logs-2019.05.10', u'logs-2019.05.13', u'logs-2019.05.12', u'logs-2019.05.15', u'logs-2019.05.14', u'logs-2019.05.17', u'logs-2019.05.16', u'logs-2019.05.19', u'logs-2019.05.18', u'logs-2019.04.29', u'logs-2019.03.19', u'logs-2019.03.18', u'logs-2019.03.13', u'logs-2019.03.12', u'logs-2019.03.11', u'logs-2019.03.10', u'logs-2019.03.17', u'logs-2019.03.16', u'logs-2019.03.15', u'logs-2019.03.14', u'logs-2019.05.08', u'logs-2019.05.09', u'logs-2019.05.06', u'logs-2019.05.07', u'logs-2019.05.04', u'logs-2019.05.05', u'logs-2019.05.02', u'logs-2019.05.03', u'logs-2019.05.01', u'metrics-2019.05.27', u'metrics-2019.05.26', u'metrics-2019.05.25', u'metrics-2019.05.24', u'metrics-2019.05.23', u'metrics-2019.05.22', u'metrics-2019.05.21', u'metrics-2019.05.20', u'logs-2019.03.31', u'metrics-2019.05.29', u'metrics-2019.05.28']", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.906Z", "function": "__chunk_loop", "linenum": 500, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "---deleting index logs-2019.03.08", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.907Z", "function": "__chunk_loop", "linenum": 500, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "---deleting index logs-2019.03.09", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.907Z", "function": "__chunk_loop", "linenum": 500, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "---deleting index metrics-2019.03.30", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.907Z", "function": "__chunk_loop", "linenum": 500, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "---deleting index metrics-2019.03.31", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.907Z", "function": "__chunk_loop", "linenum": 500, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "---deleting index logs-2019.04.25", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.907Z", "function": "__chunk_loop", "linenum": 500, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "---deleting index metrics-2019.05.12", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:21:49.907Z", "function": "__chunk_loop", "linenum": 500, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "---deleting index logs-2019.03.01", "name": "curator.actions.delete_indices"}

```

```auto

{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:28:37.275Z", "function": "_actionator", "linenum": 78, "loglevel": "ERROR", "message": "Failed to complete action: delete_indices. <class 'curator.exceptions.FailedExecution'>: Exception encountered. Rerun with loglevel DEBUG and/or check Elasticsearch logs for more information. Exception: TransportError(404, u'index_not_found_exception', u'no such index')", "name": "curator.singletons"}

```

Whats wrong with this could not understand .

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**Author:** ![Bhargav\_Patel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhargav_patel/32/47231_2.png) [@Bhargav\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhargav_Patel)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718/2 "2019-05-31T12:02:40Z")

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Output of `curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v'`

```auto
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open logs-2019.04.05 mnyJz9tbQh-UNEH8UWN-Mw 5 1 260919 0 44.8mb 44.8mb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.31 e0-xxqLGR6GnHEK57Rv5GA 5 1 915840 0 153mb 153mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.05 xpLdUgjSQP6vydPW5wGSCg 5 1 283943 0 61.6mb 61.6mb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.26 Wz4mvAwNQROHW3d_x6G3qw 5 1 1033481 0 175.7mb 175.7mb
yellow open metrics-2019.04.14 hsex4DRfROGoSn8yp6TN4g 5 1 771840 0 131.3mb 131.3mb
yellow open metrics-2019.02.25 BUsi8KgkRo6iKadFQtMTVw 5 1 793314 0 146.5mb 146.5mb
yellow open metrics-2019.02.22 veX8MU-ARGqe0Lu10p8fHA 5 1 792686 0 141.2mb 141.2mb
yellow open logs-2019.05.30 ZYK4ZwfQSUCMCux9Q5AEMw 5 1 1657317 0 322.5mb 322.5mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.10 huuA-YT0T9qy3r1SGzC9Xw 5 1 232123 0 38.4mb 38.4mb
yellow open metrics-2019.05.08 0DnyEH4kQI2XuX8_Tt7y8g 5 1 786159 0 143.1mb 143.1mb
yellow open alerts u14NDzWCSh2fUJ4BDXWkmg 5 1 95 0 323.5kb 323.5kb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.04 S5RwvoCESciyPHQ3HKw3OQ 5 1 673231 0 130.6mb 130.6mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.08 qTHORsaBQ62wHqiSnmyW1w 5 1 356751 0 78.6mb 78.6mb
yellow open metrics-2019.05.15 Ey2W22zMThKpk_K9F7IXzg 5 1 786511 0 134mb 134mb
yellow open logs-2019.04.16 qwx7hvozS1i5gtLa2yKVHA 5 1 1047303 0 186.4mb 186.4mb
yellow open metrics-2019.04.07 M1piim69T7aaanWPNtZ5TQ 5 1 915840 0 154.1mb 154.1mb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.19 gS11eAqVRHWNNlPMgg8B8A 5 1 794880 0 141mb 141mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.22 y6JwlwUBQq6Ly7oF68qQhQ 5 1 229309 0 41.5mb 41.5mb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.10 GDtdUlQdTBy_xPxjHSaqzA 5 1 794880 0 137.2mb 137.2mb
yellow open alerts_silence zijy4mM7T9Kp0-7CWQ25Og 5 1 95 0 91.1kb 91.1kb
yellow open logs-2019.03.29 OcPwRDCrQgGnJXaKQ40Tgg 5 1 242648 0 42.9mb 42.9mb
yellow open metrics-2019.05.19 MAOnBLWlTJO1PgpYDOJktA 5 1 786240 0 126.8mb 126.8mb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.02 ABAyC9O1SFSrEkycel9JwQ 5 1 673920 0 126.4mb 126.4mb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.30 kytYLjIeR_adu0TIOOCRww 5 1 915840 0 155mb 155mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.23 VaB_EQqaSvCS0opey6wIEA 5 1 230441 0 37mb 37mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.30 s5IKzggQRsiKQ5Annnt4gw 5 1 230128 0 37.2mb 37.2mb
yellow open metrics-2019.04.08 qtOW10z3QhWUfQvxROI99Q 5 1 915840 0 160.1mb 160.1mb
yellow open logs-2019.04.17 8xsuPZX2RDCQ_yvnyLqNFA 5 1 1649978 0 280.7mb 280.7mb
yellow open logs-2019.02.16 Age0XrJzSqyyBV5Hm_4LxA 5 1 175462 0 39.4mb 39.4mb
yellow open metrics-2019.05.06 DLy2E2FLTSy-pqbQq6UNxQ 5 1 786316 0 145.6mb 145.6mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.12 65OzKYgzR86oHYhnErTy-Q 5 1 334761 0 79mb 79mb
yellow open metrics-2019.03.05 M6R3olFyQxCCc3inUcoORg 5 1 742834 0 143.8mb 143.8mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.18 vGRPsYzRQTmZJ7RAaURNcg 5 1 296288 0 58mb 58mb
yellow open metrics-2019.04.10 QOFKZnZNScm3E0EaiZTJHA 5 1 794976 0 147.5mb 147.5mb
yellow open logs-2019.03.03 1a8yYQsXRvmF_XHyu5-GRQ 5 1 257352 0 98.6mb 98.6mb

```

When i tried with yml

```auto
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:11:32.227Z", "function": "run", "linenum": 173, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "Skipping action \"delete_indices\" due to empty list: <class 'curator.exceptions.NoIndices'>", "name": "curator.cli"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:11:32.228Z", "function": "run", "linenum": 194, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "Action ID: 1, \"delete_indices\" completed.", "name": "curator.cli"}
{"@timestamp": "2019-05-31T11:11:32.228Z", "function": "run", "linenum": 195, "loglevel": "INFO", "message": "Job completed.", "name": "curator.cli"}

```

This is My filter in yaml

```auto
actions:
  1:
    action: delete_indices
    description: >-
      Delete indices older than <unit_count> days (based on index name), for custom-
      prefixed indices. Ignore the error if the filter does not result in an
      actionable list of indices (ignore_empty_list) and exit cleanly.
    options:
      ignore_empty_list: True
      continue_if_exception: False
    filters:
    - filtertype: age
      source: name
      direction: older
      timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
      unit: days
      unit_count: 300

```

Am i missing here anything ?

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**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 4, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718/3 "2019-06-04T19:41:03Z")

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> [@Bhargav\_Patel](#):
>
> TransportError(404, u'index\_not\_found\_exception'

This error is uncommon, but tends to happen when Elasticsearch is so busy it times out during the delete operation. The `urllib3` component used by Curator will immediately retry the delete operation. If the index turns out to have completed deletion before this retry, this message will be the result.

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**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 4, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718/4 "2019-06-04T19:42:09Z")

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> [@Bhargav\_Patel](#):
>
> ```auto
> "Skipping action \"delete_indices\" due to empty list:
> 
> ```
> 
> ...
> 
> ```auto
> unit_count: 300
> 
> ```
> 
> Am i missing here anything ?

Your index list has no indices older than 300 days, so the list of indices to delete was empty. That's what this error message means.

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**Author:** ![Bhargav\_Patel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhargav_patel/32/47231_2.png) [@Bhargav\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhargav_Patel)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718/5 "2019-06-12T06:59:39Z")

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Thank you

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**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-indices-now-working/183718/6 "2019-07-10T06:59:41Z")

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