# \[ERROR\]\[com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.SearchGuardActionFilter\] Error while apply() due to java.lang.NullPointerException for action indices:monitor/stats **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 20, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-com-floragunn-searchguard-filter-searchguardactionfilter-error-while-apply-due-to-java-lang-nullpointerexception-for-action-indices-monitor-stats/75753 "2017-02-20T14:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![klein\_stephane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/klein_stephane/32/11364_2.png) [@klein\_stephane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/klein_stephane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-com-floragunn-searchguard-filter-searchguardactionfilter-error-while-apply-due-to-java-lang-nullpointerexception-for-action-indices-monitor-stats/75753/1 "2017-02-20T14:35:57Z")
``` This is my ElasticSearch version: curl --cacert /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-ca --key /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-key --cert /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-cert https://localhost:9200/ { "status" : 200, "name" : "Human Robot", "cluster_name" : "logging-es", "version" : { "number" : "1.5.2", "build_hash" : "62ff9868b4c8a0c45860bebb259e21980778ab1c", "build_timestamp" : "2015-04-27T09:21:06Z", "build_snapshot" : false, "lucene_version" : "4.10.4" }, "tagline" : "You Know, for Search" } ``` Cluster status is green: ``` bash-4.2$ curl --cacert /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-ca --key /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-key --cert /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-cert https://localhost:9200/_cat/health?v epoch timestamp cluster status node.total node.data shards pri relo init unassign pending_tasks 1487601133 14:32:13 logging-es green 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 ``` If I try to list indices and I have one error: ``` bash-4.2$ curl --cacert /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-ca --key /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-key --cert /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-cert https://localhost:9200/_cat/indices/ {"error":"RuntimeException[java.lang.NullPointerException]; nested: NullPointerException; ","status":500}bash-4.2$ ``` This ElasticSearch log content: ``` [2017-02-20 13:55:28,765][ERROR][com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.SearchGuardActionFilter] Error while apply() due to java.lang.NullPointerException for action indices:monitor/stats java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Objects.java:203) at java.util.Arrays$ArrayList.(Arrays.java:3813) at java.util.Arrays.asList(Arrays.java:3800) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.SearchGuardActionFilter.apply0(SearchGuardActionFilter.java:191) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.SearchGuardActionFilter.apply(SearchGuardActionFilter.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:165) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.FLSActionFilter.applySecure(FLSActionFilter.java:76) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.AbstractActionFilter.apply(AbstractActionFilter.java:97) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:165) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.DLSActionFilter.applySecure(DLSActionFilter.java:73) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.AbstractActionFilter.apply(AbstractActionFilter.java:97) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:165) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.RequestActionFilter.applySecure(RequestActionFilter.java:94) at com.floragunn.searchguard.filter.AbstractActionFilter.apply(AbstractActionFilter.java:97) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:165) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilter$Simple.apply(ActionFilter.java:64) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:165) at io.fabric8.elasticsearch.plugin.ActionForbiddenActionFilter.apply(ActionForbiddenActionFilter.java:48) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java:165) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction.execute(TransportAction.java:82) at org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeIndicesAdminClient.execute(NodeIndicesAdminClient.java:77) at org.elasticsearch.client.FilterClient$IndicesAdmin.execute(FilterClient.java:120) at org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler$HeadersAndContextCopyClient$IndicesAdmin.execute(BaseRestHandler.java:149) at org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractIndicesAdminClient.stats(AbstractIndicesAdminClient.java:524) at org.elasticsearch.rest.action.cat.RestIndicesAction$1$1.processResponse(RestIndicesAction.java:83) at org.elasticsearch.rest.action.cat.RestIndicesAction$1$1.processResponse(RestIndicesAction.java:78) at org.elasticsearch.rest.action.support.RestActionListener.onResponse(RestActionListener.java:49) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$ThreadedActionListener$1.run(TransportAction.java:113) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) ``` What is my mistake ? Best regards, Stéphane ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-com-floragunn-searchguard-filter-searchguardactionfilter-error-while-apply-due-to-java-lang-nullpointerexception-for-action-indices-monitor-stats/75753/2 "2017-02-20T20:26:30Z")
Looks like a problem with searchguard, you will need to approach the author of that plugin directly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-com-floragunn-searchguard-filter-searchguardactionfilter-error-while-apply-due-to-java-lang-nullpointerexception-for-action-indices-monitor-stats/75753/3 "2017-03-20T20:26:51Z")
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