# Error loading file for custom synonym file in Elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-loading-file-for-custom-synonym-file-in-elasticsearch/10698 "2013-02-11T19:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bruno\_Miranda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bruno_miranda/32/746_2.png) [@Bruno\_Miranda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Miranda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-loading-file-for-custom-synonym-file-in-elasticsearch/10698/1 "2013-02-11T19:10:24Z")
I am using Rails, Tire and Elasticsearch on EC2. With a custom initializer as such: ``` analysis: filter: name_synonyms: type: synonym synonyms_path: <%= Rails.root.join("config", "synonyms", ``` "name\_synonyms.txt") %\> This file run thru Erubis and the synonyms path is converted to something like this: /root/workspace/project-project-0f317744a1870b4baf61bbaeb390ebe1/config/ synonyms/term\_synonyms.txt When I list the files in the sever I see the following: root@ip-XX-XXX-XX-XXX:~/workspace/project-project- 0f317744a1870b4baf61bbaeb390ebe1/config/synonyms# ls -la total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 11 18:25 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Feb 11 18:25 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3117 Feb 11 18:25 location\_synonyms.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3999 Feb 11 18:25 name\_synonyms.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2144 Feb 11 18:25 term\_synonyms.txt Which is exactly I am expecting, however I see the following error when running `rake spec` [ERROR] There has been an error when creating the index -- elasticsearch returned: 500 : {"error":"IndexCreationException[[test\_colleagues] failed to create index]; nested: FailedToResolveConfigException[Failed to resolve config path [/root/workspace/project-project-0f317744a1870b4baf61bbaeb390ebe1/config/synonyms/term\_synonyms.txt], tried file path [/root/workspace/project-project-0f317744a1870b4baf61bbaeb390ebe1/config/synonyms/term\_synonyms.txt], path file [/etc/elasticsearch/root/workspace/project-project-0f317744a1870b4baf61bbaeb390ebe1/config/synonyms/term\_synonyms.txt], and classpath]; ","status":500} It seems to me Elasticsearch is not capable of loading the files although the path is correct, could be a load order issue, I am really not too sure. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-loading-file-for-custom-synonym-file-in-elasticsearch/10698/2 "2017-07-06T02:52:03Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:52am UTC