# Error running rally on existing cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** rally\ **Created:** [December 12, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379 "2017-12-12T15:58:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@Alp1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alp1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/1 "2017-12-12T15:58:28Z")
Hi , I am following [http://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/recipes.html#benchmarking-an-existing-cluster](http://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/recipes.html#benchmarking-an-existing-cluster) docs and trying to run rally on existing elastic search and getting below error esrally --track=pmc --target-hosts=IPAddress:9300 --pipeline=benchmark-only Error - [ERROR] Cannot race. ('Could not execute benchmark', ConnectionError('N/A', "('Connection aborted.', BadStatusLine('This is not a HTTP port',))", ProtocolError('Connection aborted.', BadStatusLine('This is not a HTTP port',)))) I tried using client-options as well but didn't work. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/2 "2017-12-12T16:00:17Z")
Rally is implemented in Python and therefore uses the HTTP client, so you need to use port 9200. ---
**Author:** ![Alp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@Alp1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alp1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/3 "2017-12-12T16:03:01Z")
Thanks . I will try with port 9200 and will post results here ---
**Author:** ![Alp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@Alp1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alp1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/4 "2017-12-12T17:24:09Z")
> [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](#): > > need to use port 9200. I have two more questions : Docs mentioned that we can define multiple target host ..e.g. ``` --target-hosts=10.5.5.10:9200,10.5.5.11:9200,10.5.5.12:9200 ```auto 1) Do we need to define all data nodes or master nodes here in target host or both ? 2) If Suppose , an ELB is being used then what should be command to run rally? ``` ---
**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/5 "2017-12-13T07:30:36Z")
@Alp1 in general, please open a new topic when you have a new question. Otherwise, other users that hit a similar problem might have a hard time finding out that there is already a solution somewhere on the forum deep down in another discussion. > Do we need to define all data nodes or master nodes here in target host or both ? You should add all nodes here that you want to receive traffic. This is usually your data nodes but not the master-eligible nodes. > If Suppose , an ELB is being used then what should be command to run rally? I'm not familiar enough with ELB but I suppose you'd then only target the ELB. ---
**Author:** ![Alp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@Alp1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alp1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/6 "2017-12-13T16:20:29Z")
Thanks .. I will test with all data nodes and will post results here ---
**Author:** ![Alp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@Alp1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alp1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/7 "2017-12-14T16:03:48Z")
We are using some other port as http port not 9200 . I tried with other port now the error message is changed. Is it mandatory to use 9200 ? Here are the logs - 2017-12-14 15:39:11,41 PID:28252 rally.main INFO Detected a working Internet connection. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,57 PID:28252 rally.process INFO Skipping myself (PID [28252]). 2017-12-14 15:39:11,57 PID:28252 rally.main INFO Actor system already running locally? [False] 2017-12-14 15:39:11,57 PID:28252 rally.actor INFO Starting actor system with system base [multiprocTCPBase] and capabilities [{'ip': '127.0.0.1', 'Convention Address.IPv4': '127.0.0.1:1900', 'coordinator': True}]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,75 PID:28258 root INFO ++++ Actor System gen (3, 8) started, admin @ ActorAddr-(T|:1900) 2017-12-14 15:39:11,84 PID:28252 rally.racecontrol INFO User specified pipeline [benchmark-only]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,85 PID:28252 rally.racecontrol INFO Using configured hosts [{'port': 8089, 'host': '10.205.1.130'}] 2017-12-14 15:39:11,85 PID:28252 rally.actor INFO Joining already running actor system with system base [multiprocTCPBase]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,86 PID:28258 rally.actor INFO Capabilities [{'ip': '127.0.0.1', 'Convention Address.IPv4': '127.0.0.1:1900', 'coordinator': True, 'Thespian Generation': (3, 8), 'Thespian Version': '1513265951070', 'Thespian ActorSystem Name': 'multiprocTCPBase', 'Thespian Watch Supported': True, 'Thespian ActorSystem Version': 2, 'Python Version': (3, 4, 3, 'final', 0)}] match requirements [{'coordinator': True}]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,86 PID:28258 rally.actor INFO Capabilities [{'ip': '127.0.0.1', 'Convention Address.IPv4': '127.0.0.1:1900', 'coordinator': True, 'Thespian Generation': (3, 8), 'Thespian Version': '1513265951070', 'Thespian ActorSystem Name': 'multiprocTCPBase', 'Thespian Watch Supported': True, 'Thespian ActorSystem Version': 2, 'Python Version': (3, 4, 3, 'final', 0)}] match requirements [{'coordinator': True}]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,93 PID:28260 rally.racecontrol INFO BenchmarkActor#receiveMessage(msg = [\] sender = [ActorAddr-(T|:57182)]) 2017-12-14 15:39:11,93 PID:28260 rally.actor INFO Capabilities [{'ip': '127.0.0.1', 'Convention Address.IPv4': '127.0.0.1:1900', 'coordinator': True, 'Thespian Generation': (3, 8), 'Thespian Version': '1513265951070', 'Thespian ActorSystem Name': 'multiprocTCPBase', 'Thespian Watch Supported': True, 'Thespian ActorSystem Version': 2, 'Python Version': (3, 4, 3, 'final', 0)}] match requirements [{'coordinator': True}]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,94 PID:28260 rally.client INFO Creating ES client connected to [{'port': 8089, 'host': 'IPAddress'}] with options [{'basic\_auth\_password': 'changeme', 'basic\_auth\_user': 'elastic'}] 2017-12-14 15:39:11,98 PID:28260 rally.racecontrol INFO Automatically derived distribution version [5.6.0] 2017-12-14 15:39:11,317 PID:28260 rally.repo INFO Checking out [5] in [/home/bhs515/.rally/benchmarks/tracks/default] for distribution version [5.6.0]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,322 PID:28260 rally.racecontrol ERROR BenchmarkActor encountered a fatal exception. Shutting down. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/utils/repo.py", line 45, in update ``` git.checkout(self.repo_dir, branch=branch) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 18, in probe ``` return f(src, *args, **kwargs) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 50, in checkout ``` raise exceptions.SupplyError("Could not checkout branch [%s]. Do you have uncommitted changes?" % branch) ``` esrally.exceptions.SupplyError: ('Could not checkout branch [5]. Do you have uncommitted changes?', None) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 100, in receiveMessage ``` self.setup(msg) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 188, in setup ``` t = track.load_track(self.cfg) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 63, in load\_track ``` repo = track_repo(cfg) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 124, in track\_repo ``` return GitTrackRepository(cfg, fetch, update) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 152, in **init** ``` self.repo.update(distribution_version) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/utils/repo.py", line 67, in update ``` raise exceptions.DataError("Cannot update %s in [%s] (%s)." % (self.resource_name, self.repo_dir, e.message)).with_traceback(tb) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/utils/repo.py", line 45, in update ``` git.checkout(self.repo_dir, branch=branch) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 18, in probe ``` return f(src, *args, **kwargs) ``` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 50, in checkout ``` raise exceptions.SupplyError("Could not checkout branch [%s]. Do you have uncommitted changes?" % branch) ``` esrally.exceptions.DataError: ('Cannot update tracks in [/home/user/.rally/benchmarks/tracks/default] (Could not checkout branch [5]. Do you have uncommitted changes?).', None) 2017-12-14 15:39:11,324 PID:28252 rally.racecontrol ERROR A benchmark failure has occurred 2017-12-14 15:39:11,324 PID:28252 rally.racecontrol INFO Telling benchmark actor to exit. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,325 PID:28252 rally.main INFO Attempting to shutdown internal actor system. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,325 PID:28260 rally.racecontrol INFO BenchmarkActor#receiveMessage(msg = [\] sender = [ActorAddr-(T|:57182)]) 2017-12-14 15:39:11,326 PID:28261 rally.mechanic INFO MechanicActor#receiveMessage(msg = [\] sender = [ActorAddr-(T|:27460)]) 2017-12-14 15:39:11,326 PID:28261 rally.actor INFO Transitioning from [None] to [cluster\_stopping]. 2017-12-14 15:39:11,328 PID:28260 rally.racecontrol INFO BenchmarkActor#receiveMessage(msg = [\] sender = [ActorAddr-(T|:1900)]) 2017-12-14 15:39:11,329 PID:28260 rally.racecontrol INFO BenchmarkActor#receiveMessage(msg = [\] sender = [ActorAddr-(T|:27287)]) 2017-12-14 15:39:11,329 PID:28260 rally.racecontrol INFO BenchmarkActor received unknown message [ChildActorExited:ActorAddr-(T|:27287)] (ignoring). 2017-12-14 15:39:11,334 PID:28258 root INFO ---- Actor System shutdown 2017-12-14 15:39:11,335 PID:28252 rally.main INFO Actor system is still running. Waiting... ---
**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/8 "2017-12-14T16:35:00Z")
> [@Alp1](#): > > We are using some other port as http port not 9200 . I tried with other port now the error message is changed. Is it mandatory to use 9200 ? No, port 9200 is not mandatory, you can use an arbitrary port. The problem seems to be that you have modified files in `/home/user/.rally/benchmarks/tracks/default`. I guess that you have edited the files and then ran the benchmark against Elasticsearch 5.6.0. In that case, Rally tries to switch to a different version of the tracks in `/home/user/.rally/benchmarks/tracks/default` by checking out the branch 5. And as you have local modifications (on the master branch) it cannot do that and will fail. I suggest that you do either of the following: - Do your changes on the correct git branch - Revert your changes (e.g. by just deleting `/home/user/.rally/benchmarks/tracks/default`. Rally will take care of cloning the repo again for you). If you want to create your own benchmarks, it is better to just start with a simple json file and not adapt the standard tracks (see the [tutorial in the docs](http://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/adding_tracks.html) on how to do that). ---
**Author:** ![zqc0512](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zqc0512/32/32141_2.png) [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/9 "2017-12-15T06:57:59Z")
can't down the data? ---
**Author:** ![Alp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@Alp1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alp1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/10 "2017-12-15T21:08:06Z")
@danielmitterdorfer Perfect. Thanks a lot . I had created a file during R&D. I removed the file and it worked 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-running-rally-on-existing-cluster/111379/11 "2018-01-12T21:08:20Z")
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