# I can't use the bulk function on my centos8

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-use-the-bulk-function-on-my-centos8/316361>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 11, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-use-the-bulk-function-on-my-centos8/316361 "2022-10-11T16:47:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vitoria\_De\_Lara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vitoria_de_lara/32/102210_2.png) [@Vitoria\_De\_Lara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vitoria_De_Lara)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-use-the-bulk-function-on-my-centos8/316361/1 "2022-10-11T16:47:55Z")

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{  
"error" : {  
"root\_cause" : [  
{  
"type" : "illegal\_argument\_exception",  
"reason" : "Malformed action/metadata line [3], expected START\_OBJECT or END\_OBJECT but found [VALUE\_STRING]"  
}  
],  
"type" : "illegal\_argument\_exception",  
"reason" : "Malformed action/metadata line [3], expected START\_OBJECT or END\_OBJECT but found [VALUE\_STRING]"  
},  
"status" : 400  
}

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-use-the-bulk-function-on-my-centos8/316361/2 "2022-10-12T12:17:47Z")

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But you did not share what you are doing.

I can only tell from that that you are doing something wrong.

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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 9, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-use-the-bulk-function-on-my-centos8/316361/3 "2022-11-09T12:18:35Z")

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