# Elasticsearch REST API layer is not available. Forcefully terminated cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rest-api-layer-is-not-available-forcefully-terminated-cluster/209239>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rally\
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rest-api-layer-is-not-available-forcefully-terminated-cluster/209239 "2019-11-25T07:59:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![vishal\_viswanathan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vishal_viswanathan/32/58251_2.png) [@vishal\_viswanathan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vishal_viswanathan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rest-api-layer-is-not-available-forcefully-terminated-cluster/209239/7 "2019-12-03T12:03:35Z")

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@dliappis

Getting below rally@d7733066d34e:~$ esrally --track=pmc --target-hosts=IP:9200,IP:9200,IP:9200 --pipeline=benchmark-only

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[WARNING] No Internet connection detected. Automatic download of track data sets etc. is disabled.

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\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* WARNING: A dark dungeon lies ahead of you \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

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Rally does not have control over the configuration of the benchmarked  
Elasticsearch cluster.

Be aware that results may be misleading due to problems with the setup.  
Rally is also not able to gather lots of metrics at all (like CPU usage  
of the benchmarked cluster) or may even produce misleading metrics (like  
the index size).

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\*\*\*\*\*\* Use this pipeline only if you are aware of the tradeoffs. \*\*\*\*\*\*  
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Watch your step! \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

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[ERROR] Cannot race. Error in race control (('A distribution version is required. Please specify it with --distribution-version.', None))

Getting further help:

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- Check the log files in /rally/.rally/logs for errors.
- Read the documentation at [https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/1.3.0/](https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/1.3.0/)
- Ask a question on the forum at [https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch/rally](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch/rally)
- Raise an issue at [https://github.com/elastic/rally/issues](https://github.com/elastic/rally/issues) and include the log files in /rally/.rally/logs.

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[INFO] FAILURE (took 29 seconds)

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