# Deleteme

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149 "2017-09-20T10:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![kenneth\_l\_stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@kenneth\_l\_stewart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kenneth_l_stewart)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149/1 "2017-09-20T10:37:09Z")

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DELETEME DELETEME

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149/2 "2017-09-20T10:38:17Z")

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Is your cluster exposed to the internet?

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**Author:** ![kenneth\_l\_stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@kenneth\_l\_stewart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kenneth_l_stewart)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149/3 "2017-09-20T10:40:51Z")

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No, they are in a closed network

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149/4 "2017-09-20T10:42:43Z")

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Do you have access control to the cluster?

Because this;

> [@aalmazan](#):
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> a strange index has been created: "readme"

Suggests to me that someone got access to your cluster, deleted everything and replaced it with that index.

A mapping cannot delete indices, it's just not possible. Did you check the logs of Elasticsearch as well?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149/6 "2017-09-20T20:05:44Z")

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Is there a reason that you have removed all the details in this thread?

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**Author:** ![kenneth\_l\_stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@kenneth\_l\_stewart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kenneth_l_stewart)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149/7 "2017-09-20T21:28:14Z")

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Fake alarm, I had a noob error, wrong ip.

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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:** [October 18, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleteme/101149/8 "2017-10-18T21:28:18Z")

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