# Error: Invalid Internal transport message format

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-internal-transport-message-format/12393>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-internal-transport-message-format/12393 "2013-06-13T08:15:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![aash\_dhariya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@aash\_dhariya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aash_dhariya)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-internal-transport-message-format/12393/1 "2013-06-13T08:15:41Z")

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I am trying to use elasticsearch 0.90.1 on my machine. When I start the  
server by executing ./bin/elasticsearch -f I get the following error:

[2013-06-13 13:38:26,247][INFO][node] [Zom]  
{0.90.1}[5467]: initializing ...  
[2013-06-13 13:38:26,254][INFO][plugins] [Zom] loaded  
[], sites []  
[2013-06-13 13:38:34,115][INFO][node] [Zom]  
{0.90.1}[5467]: initialized  
[2013-06-13 13:38:34,115][INFO][node] [Zom]  
{0.90.1}[5467]: starting ...  
[2013-06-13 13:38:34,233][INFO][transport] [Zom]  
bound\_address {inet[/0.0.0.0:9301]}, publish\_address {inet[/192.168.1.6:9301  
]}  
[2013-06-13 13:38:34,315][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom] exception  
caught on transport layer [[id: 0xdc4123a3, /192.168.1.3:41256 =\>  
/192.168.1.6:9301]], closing connection  
java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid internal transport message format  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.decode(SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.java:27)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.callDecode(FrameDecoder.java:425)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.messageReceived(FrameDecoder.java:303)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:107)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:312)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:88)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)  
[2013-06-13 13:38:34,324][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom] exception  
caught on transport layer [[id: 0xdc4123a3, /192.168.1.3:41256 :\>  
/192.168.1.6:9301]], closing connection  
java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid internal transport message format  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.decode(SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.java:27)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.callDecode(FrameDecoder.java:425)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.cleanup(FrameDecoder.java:482)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.channelDisconnected(FrameDecoder.java:365)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:102)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireChannelDisconnected(Channels.java:396)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.close(AbstractNioWorker.java:336)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketPipelineSink.handleAcceptedSocket(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java:81)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketPipelineSink.eventSunk(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java:36)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendDownstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:574)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.close(Channels.java:812)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.close(AbstractChannel.java:197)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransport.exceptionCaught(NettyTransport.java:505)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.exceptionCaught(MessageChannelHandler.java:224)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:112)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.exceptionCaught(FrameDecoder.java:377)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:112)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireExceptionCaught(Channels.java:525)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.AbstractChannelSink.exceptionCaught(AbstractChannelSink.java:48)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.notifyHandlerException(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:658)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:566)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:107)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:312)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:88)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
at  
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)  
[2013-06-13 13:38:35,794][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom] exception  
caught on transport layer [[id: 0x3e5f3920, /192.168.1.3:41265 =\>  
/192.168.1.6:9301]], closing connection

Can anybody please tell me what is going wrong?

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**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-internal-transport-message-format/12393/2 "2013-06-13T20:58:34Z")

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Is there another elasticsearch server or client on the same network? The  
server is receiving a request from 192.168.1.3. If you are only using  
elasticsearch locally, try disabling multicast or changing your cluster  
name.

--  
Ivan

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:15 AM, aash dhariya [aash.discover@gmail.com](mailto:aash.discover@gmail.com)wrote:

> I am trying to use elasticsearch 0.90.1 on my machine. When I start the  
> server by executing ./bin/elasticsearch -f I get the following error:
> 
> [2013-06-13 13:38:26,247][INFO][node] [Zom]  
> {0.90.1}[5467]: initializing ...  
> [2013-06-13 13:38:26,254][INFO][plugins] [Zom] loaded  
> , sites   
> [2013-06-13 13:38:34,115][INFO][node] [Zom]  
> {0.90.1}[5467]: initialized  
> [2013-06-13 13:38:34,115][INFO][node] [Zom]  
> {0.90.1}[5467]: starting ...  
> [2013-06-13 13:38:34,233][INFO][transport] [Zom]  
> bound\_address {inet[/0.0.0.0:9301]}, publish\_address {inet[/  
> 192.168.1.6:9301]}  
> [2013-06-13 13:38:34,315][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom]  
> exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0xdc4123a3, /192.168.1.3:41256=\> /192.168.1.6:9301]],  
> closing connection  
> java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid internal transport message format  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.decode(SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.java:27)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.callDecode(FrameDecoder.java:425)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.messageReceived(FrameDecoder.java:303)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:107)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:312)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:88)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)  
> [2013-06-13 13:38:34,324][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom]  
> exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0xdc4123a3, /192.168.1.3:41256:\> /192.168.1.6:9301]],  
> closing connection  
> java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid internal transport message format  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.decode(SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.java:27)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.callDecode(FrameDecoder.java:425)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.cleanup(FrameDecoder.java:482)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.channelDisconnected(FrameDecoder.java:365)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:102)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireChannelDisconnected(Channels.java:396)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.close(AbstractNioWorker.java:336)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketPipelineSink.handleAcceptedSocket(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java:81)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketPipelineSink.eventSunk(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java:36)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendDownstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:574)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.close(Channels.java:812)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.close(AbstractChannel.java:197)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransport.exceptionCaught(NettyTransport.java:505)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.exceptionCaught(MessageChannelHandler.java:224)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:112)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.exceptionCaught(FrameDecoder.java:377)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:112)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireExceptionCaught(Channels.java:525)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.AbstractChannelSink.exceptionCaught(AbstractChannelSink.java:48)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.notifyHandlerException(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:658)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:566)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:107)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:312)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:88)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> at  
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)  
> [2013-06-13 13:38:35,794][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom]  
> exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0x3e5f3920, /192.168.1.3:41265=\> /192.168.1.6:9301]],  
> closing connection
> 
> Can anybody please tell me what is going wrong?
> 
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**Author:** ![aash\_dhariya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@aash\_dhariya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aash_dhariya)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-internal-transport-message-format/12393/3 "2013-06-14T10:39:35Z")

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Disabling multicast didn't do anything but changing the cluster name  
worked!...Thanx a lot!

I encountered this error for the first time, since the upgrade. The earlier  
version(specifically 1.19.11) worked fine when, in the network, multiple ES  
servers/clients were running.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote:

> Is there another elasticsearch server or client on the same network? The  
> server is receiving a request from 192.168.1.3. If you are only using  
> elasticsearch locally, try disabling multicast or changing your cluster  
> name.
> 
> --  
> Ivan
> 
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:15 AM, aash dhariya [aash.discover@gmail.com](mailto:aash.discover@gmail.com)wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to use elasticsearch 0.90.1 on my machine. When I start the  
> > server by executing ./bin/elasticsearch -f I get the following error:
> > 
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:26,247][INFO][node] [Zom]  
> > {0.90.1}[5467]: initializing ...  
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:26,254][INFO][plugins] [Zom] loaded  
> > , sites   
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:34,115][INFO][node] [Zom]  
> > {0.90.1}[5467]: initialized  
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:34,115][INFO][node] [Zom]  
> > {0.90.1}[5467]: starting ...  
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:34,233][INFO][transport] [Zom]  
> > bound\_address {inet[/0.0.0.0:9301]}, publish\_address {inet[/  
> > 192.168.1.6:9301]}  
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:34,315][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom]  
> > exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0xdc4123a3, /192.168.1.3:41256=\> /192.168.1.6:9301]],  
> > closing connection  
> > java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid internal transport message  
> > format  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.decode(SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.java:27)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.callDecode(FrameDecoder.java:425)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.messageReceived(FrameDecoder.java:303)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:107)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:312)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:88)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42)  
> > at  
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> > at  
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)  
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:34,324][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom]  
> > exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0xdc4123a3, /192.168.1.3:41256:\> /192.168.1.6:9301]],  
> > closing connection  
> > java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid internal transport message  
> > format  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.decode(SizeHeaderFrameDecoder.java:27)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.callDecode(FrameDecoder.java:425)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.cleanup(FrameDecoder.java:482)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.channelDisconnected(FrameDecoder.java:365)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:102)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireChannelDisconnected(Channels.java:396)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.close(AbstractNioWorker.java:336)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketPipelineSink.handleAcceptedSocket(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java:81)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketPipelineSink.eventSunk(NioServerSocketPipelineSink.java:36)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendDownstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:574)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.close(Channels.java:812)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.close(AbstractChannel.java:197)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransport.exceptionCaught(NettyTransport.java:505)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.exceptionCaught(MessageChannelHandler.java:224)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:112)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.exceptionCaught(FrameDecoder.java:377)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:112)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireExceptionCaught(Channels.java:525)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.AbstractChannelSink.exceptionCaught(AbstractChannelSink.java:48)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.notifyHandlerException(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:658)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:566)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.OpenChannelsHandler.handleUpstream(OpenChannelsHandler.java:74)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:268)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:255)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:88)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:107)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:312)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:88)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108)  
> > at  
> > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42)  
> > at  
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)  
> > at  
> > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)  
> > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)  
> > [2013-06-13 13:38:35,794][WARN][transport.netty] [Zom]  
> > exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0x3e5f3920, /192.168.1.3:41265=\> /192.168.1.6:9301]],  
> > closing connection
> > 
> > Can anybody please tell me what is going wrong?
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