# Kibana - DIscover - Issue "indexing is not supported on a read-only engine"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 27, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389 "2022-04-27T10:23:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Penchev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/penchev/32/100328_2.png) [@Penchev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Penchev)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/1 "2022-04-27T10:23:16Z")

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Hi,

I have an issue with KIbana Disocver module. I cannot search in my indices. The error I see is : "indexing is not supported on a read-only engine". All my indices are with status green.  
I tried running the following commands:

```auto
PUT _settings
{
"index": {
"blocks": {
"read_only_allow_delete": "false"
}
}
}

PUT */_settings
{
"index": {
"blocks": {
"write": "false",
"read_only": "false"
}
}
}

```

Nothing helped.

Here is my cluster setting:

```auto
{
"persistent" : {
"action" : {
"auto_create_index" : "true"
},
"cluster" : {
"routing" : {
"allocation" : {
"disk" : {
"watermark" : {
"low" : "90%",
"flood_stage" : "97%",
"high" : "95%"
}
},
"enable" : "primaries"
}
},
"blocks" : {
"read_only" : "false"
}
},
"indices" : {
"recovery" : {
"max_bytes_per_sec" : "90mb"
}
},
"xpack" : {
"monitoring" : {
"elasticsearch" : {
"collection" : {
"enabled" : "false"
}
},
"collection" : {
"enabled" : "true"
},
"history" : {
"duration" : "1d"
}
}
}
},
"transient" : { }
}

```

Any idea what might be the problem?

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**Author:** ![Penchev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/penchev/32/100328_2.png) [@Penchev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Penchev)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/2 "2022-04-27T12:24:28Z")

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![Discover_issue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/b/fbe338c61f4e86b128660ce3b82b1a1173d424e1.jpeg)

PrintScreen with the error.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Penchev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/penchev/32/100328_2.png) [@Penchev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Penchev)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/3 "2022-04-27T13:08:22Z")

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Here are some error logs from kibana.log:

```auto
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:02:05-04:00","tags":["warning","config","deprecation"],"pid":19897,"message":"plugins.scanDirs is deprecated and is no longer used"}
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:02:05-04:00","tags":["warning","config","deprecation"],"pid":19897,"message":"\"server.defaultRoute\" is deprecated and has been replaced by \"uiSettings.overrides.defaultRoute\". However both key are present, ignoring \"server.defaultRoute\""}
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:02:05-04:00","tags":["warning","config","deprecation"],"pid":19897,"message":"Config key [monitoring.cluster_alerts.email_notifications.email_address] will be required for email notifications to work in 8.0.\""}
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:02:10-04:00","tags":["error","plugins","eventLog"],"pid":19897,"message":"error initializing elasticsearch resources: error creating initial index: invalid_alias_name_exception: [invalid_alias_name_exception] Reason: Invalid alias name [.kibana-event-log-7.14.2]: an index or data stream exists with the same name as the alias"}
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:02:10-04:00","tags":["error","plugins","eventLog"],"pid":19897,"message":"initialization failed, events will not be indexed"}
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:02:11-04:00","tags":["warning","plugins","reporting"],"pid":19897,"message":"Enabling the Chromium sandbox provides an additional layer of protection."}
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:05:00-04:00","tags":["error","plugins","wazuh","cron-scheduler"],"pid":19897,"message":"Error: Request failed with status code 401"}
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:05:00-04:00","tags":["error","plugins","wazuh","cron-scheduler"],"pid":19897,"message":"Error: Request failed with status code 401"}

```

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/4 "2022-04-27T22:30:43Z")

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> [@Penchev](#):
>
> ```auto
> > {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-04-27T09:02:10-04:00","tags":["error","plugins","eventLog"],"pid":19897,"message":"error initializing elasticsearch resources: error creating initial index: invalid_alias_name_exception: [invalid_alias_name_exception] Reason: Invalid alias name [.kibana-event-log-7.14.2]: an index or data stream exists with the same name as the alias"}
> 
> ```

That looks relevant. Can you try restarting Kibana?

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**Author:** ![Penchev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/penchev/32/100328_2.png) [@Penchev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Penchev)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/5 "2022-04-28T06:46:02Z")

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Hi Warkolm!

Yes I did, but it didn't help. I even restarted Elasticsearch service.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/6 "2022-04-28T07:28:27Z")

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Ok, stop Kibana, issue a delete on the `.kibana-event-log-7.14.2` index/alias in Elasticsearch and then restart Kibana.

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**Author:** ![Penchev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/penchev/32/100328_2.png) [@Penchev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Penchev)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/7 "2022-04-28T10:51:34Z")

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Thanks Mark Walkom!

Problem solved. I deleted all the .kibana indices, restarted kibana and unfrozen some system indices and it worked. Additionally I flushed and cleared the cache of all the indices.

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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:** [May 26, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-issue-indexing-is-not-supported-on-a-read-only-engine/303389/8 "2022-05-26T10:51:35Z")

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