# java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Mapping file \_settings.json does not exist for elasticsearch version 8

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-mapping-file-settings-json-does-not-exist-for-elasticsearch-version-8/340910>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 16, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-mapping-file-settings-json-does-not-exist-for-elasticsearch-version-8/340910 "2023-08-16T11:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![prashant\_chaturvedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@prashant\_chaturvedi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prashant_chaturvedi)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-mapping-file-settings-json-does-not-exist-for-elasticsearch-version-8/340910/1 "2023-08-16T11:41:01Z")

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i have installed elasticsearch(8.9.0) and fscrawler (2.10) which shows that its been tested in document but still the fscrawaler is throwing the below error

"java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Mapping file \_settings.json does not exist for elasticsearch version 8 in"

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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:** [September 13, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-mapping-file-settings-json-does-not-exist-for-elasticsearch-version-8/340910/2 "2023-09-13T11:41:15Z")

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