# Detect Elastic Search Server is up

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-elastic-search-server-is-up/45767>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 30, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-elastic-search-server-is-up/45767 "2016-03-30T08:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@gringo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gringo)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-elastic-search-server-is-up/45767/1 "2016-03-30T08:48:53Z")

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Is there a way to make logstash not to parse data until it detects that the Elasticsearch server is up and ready

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-elastic-search-server-is-up/45767/2 "2016-03-30T08:52:44Z")

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I don't think there's a simple way of doing that. What problem are you trying to solve?

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**Author:** ![gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@gringo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gringo)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-elastic-search-server-is-up/45767/3 "2016-03-30T09:17:17Z")

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My server has to be off by the end of the day. What I want is that I can start the parsing new data automatically once the server is up. This can be a potential problem as the Elasticsearch server might not be ready for the logstash output.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-elastic-search-server-is-up/45767/4 "2016-03-30T09:18:28Z")

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Won't the current elasticsearch output's [retry policy](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#_retry_policy) take care of this?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/detect-elastic-search-server-is-up/45767/5 "2017-07-06T05:04:46Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 5:04am UTC