# Elastalert create index error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastalert-create-index-error/308947>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 5, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastalert-create-index-error/308947 "2022-07-05T17:28:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tharunkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tharunkumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tharunkumar)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastalert-create-index-error/308947/1 "2022-07-05T17:28:22Z")

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I have instaled elasticsearch kibana elastalert, when i try to run elastalert-create-index command i am facing this issue.  
should i run the command from an particular directory ?  
C:\Windows\system32\>elastalert-create-index --config config.yaml  
'elastalert-create-index' is not recognized as an internal or external command,  
operable program or batch file.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastalert-create-index-error/308947/2 "2022-07-07T09:31:16Z")

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Elastalert is not supported here so I would recommend reaching out to the creator(s).

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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:** [August 4, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastalert-create-index-error/308947/3 "2022-08-04T09:31:31Z")

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