# ESRally version 2.7.0 is throwing version mismatch h error with elasticsearch server 7.6.1

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rally\
**Created:** [February 5, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-version-2-7-0-is-throwing-version-mismatch-h-error-with-elasticsearch-server-7-6-1/324723 "2023-02-05T01:22:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rahul\_Prajapati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rahul_prajapati/32/116783_2.png) [@Rahul\_Prajapati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Prajapati)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-version-2-7-0-is-throwing-version-mismatch-h-error-with-elasticsearch-server-7-6-1/324723/1 "2023-02-05T01:22:40Z")

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elasticsearch.exceptions.UnsupportedProductError: The client noticed that the server is not a supported distribution of Elasticsearch

I have installed esrally 2.7.0 on my local mac machine in a separate python virtual env and trying to run sample race by connecting to sso protected elasticsearch cluster, but getting below error:

Command:  
**esrally race --track=geopoint --target-hosts=es-dev-1-_:9200,es-dev-2-_:9200,es-dev-3-\*:9200 --pipeline=benchmark-only --client-options="use\_ssl:true,verify\_certs:false,basic\_auth\_user:,basic\_auth\_password:"**

Error:  
**elasticsearch.exceptions.UnsupportedProductError: The client noticed that the server is not a supported distribution of Elasticsearch**

Please help me here. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Bradley\_Deam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bradley_deam/32/52991_2.png) [@Bradley\_Deam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bradley_Deam)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-version-2-7-0-is-throwing-version-mismatch-h-error-with-elasticsearch-server-7-6-1/324723/2 "2023-02-06T00:48:14Z")

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> [@Rahul\_Prajapati](#):
>
> installed esrally 2.7.0 on my local mac machine in a separate python virtual env a

Hi @Rahul_Prajapati - thanks for your interest in Rally.

This error is returned because Rally's `elasticsearch-py` client couldn't verify that the target cluster is actually an Elasticsearch cluster (see [Verify connection to Elasticsearch by sethmlarson · Pull Request #1623 · elastic/elasticsearch-py · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-py/pull/1623)).

I tried this locally and didn't have any issues benchmarking 7.6.1:

```auto
$ esrally --version
esrally 2.7.0

```

Cluster:

```auto
$ curl -k -u elastic:changeme https://localhost:9200
{
  "name" : "elasticsearch1",
  "cluster_name" : "docker-cluster",
  "cluster_uuid" : "s09wHgUlS26MyBi9fDk9XQ",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.6.1",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "docker",
    "build_hash" : "aa751e09be0a5072e8570670309b1f12348f023b",
    "build_date" : "2020-02-29T00:15:25.529771Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.4.0",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

$ curl -k -u elastic:changeme https://localhost:9200/_license
{
  "license" : {
    "status" : "active",
    "uid" : "07ae4064-3b4a-4dd4-b0c8-d7832c453281",
    "type" : "basic",
    "issue_date" : "2023-02-05T23:35:55.098Z",
    "issue_date_in_millis" : 1675640155098,
    "max_nodes" : 1000,
    "issued_to" : "docker-cluster",
    "issuer" : "elasticsearch",
    "start_date_in_millis" : -1
  }
}

```

Invocation:

```auto
$ esrally race --track=geopoint --target-hosts=localhost:9200 --pipeline=benchmark-only --client-options="use_ssl:true,verify_certs:false,basic_auth_user:elastic,basic_auth_password:changeme" --test-mode

    ________
   / __\____ _/ / /_ __
  / /_/ / __ `/ / / / / /
 / _, _/ /_/ / / / /_/ /
/_/ |_|\ __,_/_/_/\__ , /
                / ____ /

[INFO] Race id is [b8be0843-02cd-4ab8-988a-a83932d82db1]
[INFO] Racing on track [geopoint], challenge [append-no-conflicts] and car ['external'] with version [7.6.1].

[WARNING] merges_total_time is 569927 ms indicating that the cluster is not in a defined clean state. Recorded index time metrics may be misleading.
[WARNING] indexing_total_time is 3297659 ms indicating that the cluster is not in a defined clean state. Recorded index time metrics may be misleading.
[WARNING] refresh_total_time is 349035 ms indicating that the cluster is not in a defined clean state. Recorded index time metrics may be misleading.
Running delete-index [100% done]
Running create-index [100% done]
Running check-cluster-health [100% done]
Running index-append [100% done]
Running refresh-after-index [100% done]
[...]
--------------------------------
[INFO] SUCCESS (took 32 seconds)
--------------------------------

```

That said, 7.6.1 has been [End of Life for quite some time now](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol), have you considered upgrading?

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**Author:** ![Rahul\_Prajapati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rahul_prajapati/32/116783_2.png) [@Rahul\_Prajapati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Prajapati)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-version-2-7-0-is-throwing-version-mismatch-h-error-with-elasticsearch-server-7-6-1/324723/3 "2023-02-09T07:49:59Z")

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Hi @Bradley_Deam  
Thanks for your quick response. Actually I am also able to connect to locally installed ES successfully. race for geopoit was success locally. Then I proceeded for remote ES where actually I want to perform load testing.

If I am providing correct ES host and credentials then I am not getting why Rally's `elasticsearch-py` client couldn't verify that the target cluster is actually an Elasticsearch cluster. Please suggest me if my command is not correct.

**esrally race --track=geopoint --target-hosts=:9200,:9200,:9200 --pipeline=benchmark-only --client-options="use\_ssl:true,verify\_certs:false,basic\_auth\_user:,basic\_auth\_password:"**

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**Author:** ![Bradley\_Deam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bradley_deam/32/52991_2.png) [@Bradley\_Deam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bradley_Deam)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-version-2-7-0-is-throwing-version-mismatch-h-error-with-elasticsearch-server-7-6-1/324723/4 "2023-02-16T08:00:01Z")

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> [@Rahul\_Prajapati](#):
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> Then I proceeded for remote ES where actually I want to perform load testing.

There shouldn't be any difference between Rally connecting to a local cluster vs a remote cluster in terms of verification.

Can you tell me more about this remote ES? Is this an AWS Managed Elasticsearch deployment?

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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:** [March 16, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-version-2-7-0-is-throwing-version-mismatch-h-error-with-elasticsearch-server-7-6-1/324723/5 "2023-03-16T08:00:43Z")

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