# ES2 fails on simple test

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-fails-on-simple-test/36246>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 3, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-fails-on-simple-test/36246 "2015-12-03T06:10:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![harpreet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harpreet/32/3413_2.png) [@harpreet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harpreet)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-fails-on-simple-test/36246/1 "2015-12-03T06:10:28Z")

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hi,  
so we have been facing a problem,  
a simple test like

```auto
ab -n 80 -c 80 -t 120 -r -p est/hospital-search.json http://<server _IP>:9200/lyfboat/hospitals/_search

```

crashes elastica but java seems to be running.  
hospital-search.json contains

[pastebin code link](http://pastebin.com/yNsDHwXm)

Hospital mappings are as follows  
[Mapping code](http://pastebin.com/dEkhLaHA)

###How to configure ES to restart itself after crash?

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**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:** [December 4, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-fails-on-simple-test/36246/2 "2015-12-04T04:38:09Z")

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> [@harpreet](#):
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> How to configure ES to restart itself after crash?

You can't, you need to do that yourself.

I should note that if ES is crashing then you should figure out why. Look in the logs, monitor the instance with Marvel.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es2-fails-on-simple-test/36246/3 "2017-07-05T23:33:38Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:33pm UTC