# Elasticsearch indices closed?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indices-closed/102790>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indices-closed/102790 "2017-10-05T06:03:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![varundbest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/varundbest/32/48066_2.png) [@varundbest](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varundbest)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indices-closed/102790/1 "2017-10-05T06:03:25Z")

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```
curl http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices
 close .kibana a5uRVhCtRnWFGbTCKh7AyA      
 close report 4b4yfjgsRfKDZ7a5kz2X4g      
 close varun v392Yg4LRcCx7VBkpNhb9A      
 close myindex e8f-VNuWSRKfXJag0oshLw      
 close test noUJiCg3RV2ynXz799Ru1w      
 close cases i5hT950ySe-UObbq6VpFLg 

```

Any idea how to fix this?

> curl [http://localhost:9200/.kibana/\_search](http://localhost:9200/.kibana/_search)  
> {  
> "error": {  
> "root\_cause": [  
> {  
> "type": "index\_closed\_exception",  
> "reason": "closed",  
> "index\_uuid": "a5uRVhCtRnWFGbTCKh7AyA",  
> "index": ".kibana"  
> }  
> ],  
> "type": "index\_closed\_exception",  
> "reason": "closed",  
> "index\_uuid": "a5uRVhCtRnWFGbTCKh7AyA",  
> "index": ".kibana"  
> },  
> "status": 403  
> }

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**Author:** ![vishnugt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vishnugt/32/22026_2.png) [@vishnugt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vishnugt)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indices-closed/102790/2 "2017-10-05T06:08:27Z")

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What is the output of this request?

`POST /.kibana/_open`  
Try searching after executing the above request

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**Author:** ![varundbest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/varundbest/32/48066_2.png) [@varundbest](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varundbest)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indices-closed/102790/3 "2017-10-05T07:10:52Z")

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```
{
    "acknowledged": true
}

```

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![vishnugt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vishnugt/32/22026_2.png) [@vishnugt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vishnugt)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indices-closed/102790/4 "2017-10-05T07:12:41Z")

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Were you able to search in your `.kibana` index after that request?  
Please mark the answer as the solution if your issue was resolved! 🙂

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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:** [November 2, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indices-closed/102790/5 "2017-11-02T07:12:43Z")

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