# Exception running enterprise-search for first time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-running-enterprise-search-for-first-time/259062>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-running-enterprise-search-for-first-time/259062 "2020-12-18T07:09:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![spetri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@spetri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spetri)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-running-enterprise-search-for-first-time/259062/1 "2020-12-18T07:09:09Z")

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Hi all - I have a local elasticsearch server running and have followed all the steps when installing enterprise-search. My config is as follows:

```auto
ent_search.auth.source: standard
elasticsearch.username: elastic
elasticsearch.password: 12345
allow_es_settings_modification: true
secret_management.encryption_keys:
  [12345]
ent_search.external_url: http://127.0.0.1:3002

```

When I run `ENT_SEARCH_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=passwordexample bin/enterprise-search`, I receive the following erro:

```auto
2020-12-18T07:00:09.642+00:00][42397][2002][app-server][INFO]: [db_lock] [installation] Status: [Finished] Applying Actastic Migration: <EmbedFritoPieRoles version=20200424000000>
[2020-12-18T07:00:09.724+00:00][42397][2002][app-server][INFO]: [db_lock] [installation] Status: [Starting] Applying Actastic Migration: <AddElasticsearchUsernameAndAuthSourceToUser version=20200512150416>
[2020-12-18T07:00:09.895+00:00][42397][2002][app-server][INFO]: [db_lock] [installation] Status: [Failed] Applying Actastic Migration: <AddElasticsearchUsernameAndAuthSourceToUser version=20200512150416>: Error = RuntimeError: User 5e46f2c013cdb294490309e3 has no external identities
Unexpected exception while running Enterprise Search:
Error: User 5e46f2c013cdb294490309e3 has no external identities at /Users/spetri/Downloads/enterprise-search-7.10.1/lib/war/shared_togo/db/migrate/20200512150416_add_elasticsearch_username_and_auth_source_to_user.class:26:in `block in up'
	/Users/spetri/Downloads/enterprise-search-7.10.1/lib/war/lib/swiftype/es/index.class:326:in `block in search_after'
	org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1814:in `each'
	/Users/spetri/Downloads/enterprise-search-7.10.1/lib/war/lib/swiftype/es/index.class:326:in `block in search_after'
	org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1446:in `loop'
	/Users/spetri/Downloads/enterprise-search-7.10.1/lib/war/lib/swiftype/es/index.class:323:in `search_after'
	org/jruby/RubyEnumerator.java:401:in `each'
	org/jruby/RubyEnumerator.java:419:in `each'
	/Users/spetri/Downloads/enterprise-search-7.10.1/lib/war/shared_togo/db/migrate/20200512150416_add_elasticsearch_username_and_auth_source_to_user.class:25:in `up'
	/Users/spetri/Downloads/enterprise-search-7.10.1/lib/war/shared_togo/app/models/shared_togo/migration.class:13:in `run'
	/Users/spetri/Downloads/enterprise-search-7.10.1/lib/war/shared_togo/lib/shared_togo.class:880:in `block in apply_actastic_migrations'
...

```

Has anyone run into this AddElasticsearchUsernameAndAuthSourceToUser migration error before? Any help would be really appreciated, thanks!

Edit: I'm running java version 11 and this is based on fresh install of latest elasticsearch / enterprise-search on mac

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**Author:** ![david.harsha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david.harsha/32/48003_2.png) [@david.harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/david.harsha)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-running-enterprise-search-for-first-time/259062/2 "2020-12-21T23:05:44Z")

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Hi @spetri! That error indicates that there's an existing user in an invalid state. There shouldn't be any existing users during a fresh install, so I'm surprised you're hitting it. I would try clearing out your elasticsearch instance (at least the enterprise search indices: `.ent-search-*`) and reinstalling enterprise search.

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-running-enterprise-search-for-first-time/259062/3 "2022-11-04T08:20:02Z")

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