# How to check if a River is updating?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-a-river-is-updating/6061>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 2, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-a-river-is-updating/6061 "2011-12-02T23:51:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Leslie\_Ding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@Leslie\_Ding](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leslie_Ding)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-a-river-is-updating/6061/1 "2011-12-02T23:51:00Z")

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Hi all

I've had a river setup with couchdb and has been running good for the  
last few days. But today the elasticsearch index is not showing any  
new entries.

I've checked the data on couch and its still being updated with new  
entries.

My question here is, how do I troubleshoot this? Do I delete the river  
and start another? How can I see if the River is still accepting new  
entries?

Thanks

Leslie

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-a-river-is-updating/6061/2 "2011-12-04T14:49:19Z")

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Try and restart it with setting the river.couchdb logging to TRACE, it will  
log when changes flow from couch and into elasticsearch.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Leslie Ding  
[leslie.ding@cbsinteractive.com](mailto:leslie.ding@cbsinteractive.com)wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I've had a river setup with couchdb and has been running good for the  
> last few days. But today the elasticsearch index is not showing any  
> new entries.
> 
> I've checked the data on couch and its still being updated with new  
> entries.
> 
> My question here is, how do I troubleshoot this? Do I delete the river  
> and start another? How can I see if the River is still accepting new  
> entries?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Leslie

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**Author:** ![pedro\_goncalves](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pedro_goncalves/32/80461_2.png) [@pedro\_goncalves](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pedro_goncalves)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-a-river-is-updating/6061/3 "2013-09-04T20:28:34Z")

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Hello everyone,

I was having the same question as leslie and proceeded with the insertion of the river.coudb entry in the logging.yml file. Then I did some insertions on couchdb but couldn't find any traces. Where am I supposed to look for them? I couldn't get any new lines at \elasticsearch-0.90.3\logs\elasticsearch.log file...

Thank you very much for all your help,  
Pedro

Try and restart it with setting the river.couchdb logging to TRACE, it will log when changes flow from couch and into elasticsearch.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Leslie Ding  
\<leslie.ding@\>wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I've had a river setup with couchdb and has been running good for the  
> last few days. But today the elasticsearch index is not showing any  
> new entries.
> 
> I've checked the data on couch and its still being updated with new  
> entries.
> 
> My question here is, how do I troubleshoot this? Do I delete the river  
> and start another? How can I see if the River is still accepting new  
> entries?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Leslie

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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 6, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-if-a-river-is-updating/6061/4 "2017-07-06T02:18:11Z")

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