# Failed to create index from local gateway **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 13, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-index-from-local-gateway/3565 "2010-11-13T09:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-index-from-local-gateway/3565/1 "2010-11-13T09:54:43Z")
Hi, I noticed interesting issue today. Not sure if I have the latest master but it is not older then one day. I created few indices in cluster, then I shut down the cluster and started again. During startup I got the following ERROR message in log: [ERROR][gateway.local] [Drake, Frank] failed to create index [testindex] I shutdown the cluster and started again, this time I did not get this error but the index was not recognized and created at all. It is simply missing in cluster status. The index data is still present in /data folder but if I check the \_state folder there are two files: metadata-xx and shards-yy. The [testindex] is still referenced in shards-yy but not in metadata-xx. Not sure what went wrong (did not have a DEBUG logging level turned on) but one of the other indices have alias [testindex]. So there is an index A and index B having alias A, can this be a problem? Regards, Lukas ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-index-from-local-gateway/3565/2 "2010-11-13T11:11:36Z")
I created issue for this (tested with master): > > > Starting with clean ES installation: > > \ > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/a…bc/x -d '{ "name" : "a" }' > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/xyz/x -d '{ "name" : "b" }' > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/\_aliases -d '{ "actions" : \[{"add":{"index":"abc", "alias":"xyz"}} \] }' > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/\_shutdown > \ > > > then when starting ES again > > \ > ./bin/elasticsearch -f > \ > > > I get the following log messages: > > \ > \[2010-11-13 12:03:24,159\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: initializing ... > \[2010-11-13 12:03:24,162\]\[INFO \]\[plugins \] \[Foster, Bill\] loaded \[\] > \[2010-11-13 12:03:25,533\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: initialized > \[2010-11-13 12:03:25,533\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: starting ... > \[2010-11-13 12:03:25,685\]\[INFO \]\[transport \] \[Foster, Bill\] bound\_address {inet\[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300\]}, publish\_address {inet\[/192.168.2.3:9300\]} > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,716\]\[INFO \]\[cluster.service \] \[Foster, Bill\] new\_master \[Foster, Bill\]\[R\_kJChj2TtC1vyrqUK74QA\]\[inet\[/192.168.2.3:9300\]\], reason: zen-disco-join (elected\_as\_master) > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,750\]\[INFO \]\[discovery \] \[Foster, Bill\] elasticsearch/R\_kJChj2TtC1vyrqUK74QA > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,828\]\[INFO \]\[http \] \[Foster, Bill\] bound\_address {inet\[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200\]}, publish\_address {inet\[/192.168.2.3:9200\]} > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,829\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: started > \[2010-11-13 12:03:29,444\]\[INFO \]\[cluster.metadata \] \[Foster, Bill\] \[abc\] creating index, cause \[gateway\], shards \[5\]/\[1\], mappings \[x\] > \[2010-11-13 12:03:29,447\]\[ERROR\]\[gateway.local \] \[Foster, Bill\] failed to create index \[xyz\] > \[2010-11-13 12:03:29,914\]\[INFO \]\[cluster.metadata \] \[Foster, Bill\] \[abc\] created and added to cluster\_state > \ > > > Note the ERROR ^^ > > What is even more strange is that if I use index names \[a\] instead \[abc\] and \[b\] instead \[xyx\] then it works fine. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed interesting issue today. Not sure if I have the latest master but > it is not older then one day. > > I created few indices in cluster, then I shut down the cluster and started > again. During startup I got the following ERROR message in log: > > [ERROR][gateway.local] [Drake, Frank] failed to create index > [testindex] > > I shutdown the cluster and started again, this time I did not get this > error but the index was not recognized and created at all. It is simply > missing in cluster status. The index data is still present in /data folder > but if I check the \_state folder there are two files: metadata-xx and > shards-yy. The [testindex] is still referenced in shards-yy but not in > metadata-xx. > > Not sure what went wrong (did not have a DEBUG logging level turned on) but > one of the other indices have alias [testindex]. So there is an index A and > index B having alias A, can this be a problem? > > Regards, > Lukas ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-index-from-local-gateway/3565/3 "2010-11-13T11:15:09Z")
Sorry for creating the ticket twice: > > > Starting with clean ES installation: > > \ > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/a…bc/x -d '{ "name" : "a" }' > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/xyz/x -d '{ "name" : "b" }' > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/\_aliases -d '{ "actions" : \[{"add":{"index":"abc", "alias":"xyz"}} \] }' > curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/\_shutdown > \ > > > then when starting ES again > > \ > ./bin/elasticsearch -f > \ > > > I get the following log messages: > > \ > \[2010-11-13 12:03:24,159\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: initializing ... > \[2010-11-13 12:03:24,162\]\[INFO \]\[plugins \] \[Foster, Bill\] loaded \[\] > \[2010-11-13 12:03:25,533\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: initialized > \[2010-11-13 12:03:25,533\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: starting ... > \[2010-11-13 12:03:25,685\]\[INFO \]\[transport \] \[Foster, Bill\] bound\_address {inet\[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300\]}, publish\_address {inet\[/192.168.2.3:9300\]} > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,716\]\[INFO \]\[cluster.service \] \[Foster, Bill\] new\_master \[Foster, Bill\]\[R\_kJChj2TtC1vyrqUK74QA\]\[inet\[/192.168.2.3:9300\]\], reason: zen-disco-join (elected\_as\_master) > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,750\]\[INFO \]\[discovery \] \[Foster, Bill\] elasticsearch/R\_kJChj2TtC1vyrqUK74QA > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,828\]\[INFO \]\[http \] \[Foster, Bill\] bound\_address {inet\[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200\]}, publish\_address {inet\[/192.168.2.3:9200\]} > \[2010-11-13 12:03:28,829\]\[INFO \]\[node \] \[Foster, Bill\] {elasticsearch/0.13.0-SNAPSHOT/2010-11-13T10:04:15}\[8348\]: started > \[2010-11-13 12:03:29,444\]\[INFO \]\[cluster.metadata \] \[Foster, Bill\] \[abc\] creating index, cause \[gateway\], shards \[5\]/\[1\], mappings \[x\] > \[2010-11-13 12:03:29,447\]\[ERROR\]\[gateway.local \] \[Foster, Bill\] failed to create index \[xyz\] > \[2010-11-13 12:03:29,914\]\[INFO \]\[cluster.metadata \] \[Foster, Bill\] \[abc\] created and added to cluster\_state > \ > > > Note the ERROR ^^ > > What is even more strange is that if I use index names \[a\] instead \[abc\] and \[b\] instead \[xyx\] then it works fine. [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/512](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/512)The network is really weak here this morning. Feel free to kill one of these tickets. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote: > I created issue for this (tested with master): > [Fail to create index when alias on other index · Issue #513 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/513) > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com)wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I noticed interesting issue today. Not sure if I have the latest master > > but it is not older then one day. > > > > I created few indices in cluster, then I shut down the cluster and started > > again. During startup I got the following ERROR message in log: > > > > [ERROR][gateway.local] [Drake, Frank] failed to create index > > [testindex] > > > > I shutdown the cluster and started again, this time I did not get this > > error but the index was not recognized and created at all. It is simply > > missing in cluster status. The index data is still present in /data folder > > but if I check the \_state folder there are two files: metadata-xx and > > shards-yy. The [testindex] is still referenced in shards-yy but not in > > metadata-xx. > > > > Not sure what went wrong (did not have a DEBUG logging level turned on) > > but one of the other indices have alias [testindex]. So there is an index A > > and index B having alias A, can this be a problem? > > > > Regards, > > Lukas ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-index-from-local-gateway/3565/4 "2010-11-13T11:16:50Z")
I closed #513. Sorry for the confusion. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote: > Sorry for creating the ticket twice: > [Fail to create index when alias on other index · Issue #512 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/512) > [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/512](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/512)The > network is really weak here this morning. Feel free to kill one of these > tickets. > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com)wrote: > > > I created issue for this (tested with master): > > [Fail to create index when alias on other index · Issue #513 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/513) > > > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I noticed interesting issue today. Not sure if I have the latest master > > > but it is not older then one day. > > > > > > I created few indices in cluster, then I shut down the cluster and > > > started again. During startup I got the following ERROR message in log: > > > > > > [ERROR][gateway.local] [Drake, Frank] failed to create index > > > [testindex] > > > > > > I shutdown the cluster and started again, this time I did not get this > > > error but the index was not recognized and created at all. It is simply > > > missing in cluster status. The index data is still present in /data folder > > > but if I check the \_state folder there are two files: metadata-xx and > > > shards-yy. The [testindex] is still referenced in shards-yy but not in > > > metadata-xx. > > > > > > Not sure what went wrong (did not have a DEBUG logging level turned on) > > > but one of the other indices have alias [testindex]. So there is an index A > > > and index B having alias A, can this be a problem? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Lukas ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-create-index-from-local-gateway/3565/5 "2017-07-06T04:16:35Z")