# Elasticsearch not creating index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-creating-index/350016>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, docker\
**Created:** [December 27, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-creating-index/350016 "2023-12-27T11:06:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bas\_kos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bas_kos/32/97430_2.png) [@bas\_kos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bas_kos)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-creating-index/350016/1 "2023-12-27T11:06:38Z")

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I have elasticsearch, kibana and logstash installed on docker-compose. docker-compose.yml:

```auto
version: "3.8"

volumes:
  certs:
    driver: local
  esdata01:
    driver: local
  kibanadata:
    driver: local
  metricbeatdata01:
    driver: local
  filebeatdata01:
    driver: local
  logstashdata01:
    driver: local
  esdata:
    driver: local

networks:
  default:
    name: elastic
    external: false

services:
  setup:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
    user: "0"
    command: >
      bash -c '
        if [x${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} == x]; then
          echo "Set the ELASTIC_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
          exit 1;
        elif [x${KIBANA_PASSWORD} == x]; then
          echo "Set the KIBANA_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
          exit 1;
        fi;
        if [! -f config/certs/ca.zip]; then
          echo "Creating CA";
          bin/elasticsearch-certutil ca --silent --pem -out config/certs/ca.zip;
          unzip config/certs/ca.zip -d config/certs;
        fi;
        if [! -f config/certs/certs.zip]; then
          echo "Creating certs";
          echo -ne \
          "instances:\n"\
          " - name: es01\n"\
          " dns:\n"\
          " - es01\n"\
          " - localhost\n"\
          " ip:\n"\
          " - 127.0.0.1\n"\
          " - name: kibana\n"\
          " dns:\n"\
          " - kibana\n"\
          " - localhost\n"\
          " ip:\n"\
          " - 127.0.0.1\n"\
          > config/certs/instances.yml;
          bin/elasticsearch-certutil cert --silent --pem -out config/certs/certs.zip --in config/certs/instances.yml --ca-cert config/certs/ca/ca.crt --ca-key config/certs/ca/ca.key;
          unzip config/certs/certs.zip -d config/certs;
        fi;
        echo "Setting file permissions"
        chown -R root:root config/certs;
        find . -type d -exec chmod 750 \{\} \;;
        find . -type f -exec chmod 640 \{\} \;;
        echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
        until curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://es01:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 30; done;
        echo "Setting kibana_system password";
        until curl -s -X POST --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt -u "elastic:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://es01:9200/_security/user/kibana_system/_password -d "{\"password\":\"${KIBANA_PASSWORD}\"}" | grep -q "^{}"; do sleep 10; done;
        echo "All done!";
      '
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[-f config/certs/es01/es01.crt]"]
      interval: 1s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 120

  es01:
    depends_on:
      setup:
        condition: service_healthy
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
    labels:
      co.elastic.logs/module: elasticsearch
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
      - esdata01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    ports:
      - ${ES_PORT}:9200
    environment:
      - node.name=es01
      - cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
      - discovery.type=single-node
      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - xpack.security.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
    mem_limit: ${ES_MEM_LIMIT}
    ulimits:
      memlock:
        soft: -1
        hard: -1
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD-SHELL",
          "curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
        ]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 120

  kibana:
    depends_on:
      es01:
        condition: service_healthy
    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:${STACK_VERSION}
    labels:
      co.elastic.logs/module: kibana
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/kibana/config/certs
      - kibanadata:/usr/share/kibana/data
    ports:
      - ${KIBANA_PORT}:5601
    environment:
      - SERVERNAME=kibana
      - ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
      - ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=kibana_system
      - ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=${KIBANA_PASSWORD}
      - ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATEAUTHORITIES=config/certs/ca/ca.crt
      - XPACK_SECURITY_ENCRYPTIONKEY=${ENCRYPTION_KEY}
      - XPACK_ENCRYPTEDSAVEDOBJECTS_ENCRYPTIONKEY=${ENCRYPTION_KEY}
      - XPACK_REPORTING_ENCRYPTIONKEY=${ENCRYPTION_KEY}
    mem_limit: ${KB_MEM_LIMIT}
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD-SHELL",
          "curl -s -I http://localhost:5601 | grep -q 'HTTP/1.1 302 Found'",
        ]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 120

  metricbeat01:
    depends_on:
      es01:
        condition: service_healthy
      kibana:
        condition: service_healthy
    image: docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:${STACK_VERSION}
    user: root
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/metricbeat/certs
      - metricbeatdata01:/usr/share/metricbeat/data
      - "./metricbeat.yml:/usr/share/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml:ro"
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
      - "/sys/fs/cgroup:/hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup:ro"
      - "/proc:/hostfs/proc:ro"
      - "/:/hostfs:ro"
    environment:
      - ELASTIC_USER=elastic
      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
      - ELASTIC_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
      - KIBANA_HOSTS=http://kibana:5601
      - LOGSTASH_HOSTS=http://logstash01:9600
    command:
      - strict.perms=false

  elastic-agent:
    image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.11.3
    container_name: elastic-agent
    volumes:
      - ./elastic-agent.yml:/usr/share/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml
    environment:
      - ELASTIC_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
    restart: always
      

  filebeat01:
    depends_on:
      es01:
        condition: service_healthy
    image: docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:${STACK_VERSION}
    user: root
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/filebeat/certs
      - filebeatdata01:/usr/share/filebeat/data
      - "./filebeat_ingest_data/:/usr/share/filebeat/ingest_data/"
      - "./filebeat.yml:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml:ro"
      - "/var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers:ro"
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
    environment:
      - ELASTIC_USER=elastic
      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
      - ELASTIC_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
      - KIBANA_HOSTS=http://kibana:5601
      - LOGSTASH_HOSTS=http://logstash01:9600
    command:
      - strict.perms=false

  logstash01:
    depends_on:
      es01:
        condition: service_healthy
      kibana:
        condition: service_healthy
    image: docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:${STACK_VERSION}
    labels:
      co.elastic.logs/module: logstash
    user: root
    volumes:
      - certs:/usr/share/logstash/certs
      - logstashdata01:/usr/share/logstash/data
      - "./logstash_ingest_data/:/usr/share/logstash/ingest_data/"
      - "./logstash.conf:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf:ro"
    environment:
      - xpack.monitoring.enabled=false
      - ELASTIC_USER=elastic
      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
      - ELASTIC_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
    command:
      - strict.perms=false

```

logstash.yml

```auto
http.host: "0.0.0.0"
xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://es01:9200"]

```

logstash.conf

`input {  
udp {  
host =\> "0.0.0.0"  
port =\> 5044  
}  
syslog {  
port =\> 5045  
type =\> syslog  
}  
}

filter {}

output {  
elasticsearch {  
index =\> "logstash-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
hosts =\> ["[https://es01:9200](https://es01:9200)"]  
user =\> "elastic"  
password =\> "elastic123"  
ssl\_enabled =\> true  
cacert =\> "/usr/share/logstash/certs/ca/ca.crt"  
}  
#stdout {}  
}  
`  
Elasticsearch not creating index. Why?

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-creating-index/350016/2 "2024-01-24T11:07:37Z")

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