# Index\_not\_found\_exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-not-found-exception/91380>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 30, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-not-found-exception/91380 "2017-06-30T07:35:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![brian.sarandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@brian.sarandi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brian.sarandi)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-not-found-exception/91380/1 "2017-06-30T07:35:12Z")

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i am new to elasticsearch and i tried out the elastic cloud package with kibana

i setup my filebeat in my windows 7 computer and i tried to load some log files to my elastic cluster but i got this error

2017-06-30T09:23:07+02:00 WARN Can not index event (status=404): {"type":"index\_not\_found\_exception","reason":"no such index and [action.auto\_create\_index] contains [-\*] which forbids automatic creation of the index","index\_uuid":"_na_","index":"filebeat-2017.06.30"}

and in my elastic cluster \> configuration \> user settings i tried to append the below  
action.auto\_create\_index: true

but i still got the same error when i load the filebeat. I am using the **elastic** user  
i did not any security setting i am just trying to follow the getting started pages

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**Author:** ![s1monw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s1monw/32/3637_2.png) [@s1monw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s1monw)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-not-found-exception/91380/2 "2017-07-07T07:13:27Z")

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can you paste your `elasticsearch.yaml` here? did you restart ES after changing the config on all nodes? Also can you paste your output of `GET /_cluster/settings`

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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:** [August 4, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-not-found-exception/91380/3 "2017-08-04T07:13:51Z")

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