# Kibana "Reindex" Failed **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 26, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394 "2019-07-26T09:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oliverlucas1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oliverlucas1/32/50969_2.png) [@oliverlucas1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oliverlucas1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/1 "2019-07-26T09:20:42Z")
Elasticsearch and Kibana was running with 5.x for some time and I've updated to 6.x after some pain, the next logical jump is to 7.0. Following the documentation, I understand that I need to reindex my indicies via the 7.0 upgrade wizard, however I'm experiencing some massive issues with doing this. Clicking the button that says "Reindex" it asks me to confirm that the \_all field will be removed, and I accept this and click "Continue with Reindex" then select "Run reindex" - At this point, it changes from blue to grey and then back to blue. Going back to the Kibana console, the reindex button says "Failed" but there's no additional information as to why it failed. Where's a good place to start? Looking at the logs I cannot see anything that would indicate a problem. ![Elasticsearch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/3/4339f7c581ebc68ea8df8620c0781bc3ff439d44.png) ---
**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/2 "2019-07-26T23:14:15Z")
If you click on the button with "Failed", do you see the failure details in the flyover? ---
**Author:** ![oliverlucas1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oliverlucas1/32/50969_2.png) [@oliverlucas1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oliverlucas1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/3 "2019-07-26T23:34:24Z")
Hi @tylersmalley - Unfortunately not, I don't see anything pop up that indicates a problem at all, it just allows me to run the reindex again! Quite frustrating! Where would I find the specific log that would detail UI errors? ---
**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/4 "2019-07-27T00:07:37Z")
Can I get the response from this API call? `http://localhost:5601/api/upgrade_assistant/reindex/filebeat-2016.12.20` (You will need to replace `http://localhost:5601` with the URL to your Kibana instance.) ---
**Author:** ![oliverlucas1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oliverlucas1/32/50969_2.png) [@oliverlucas1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oliverlucas1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/5 "2019-07-27T14:37:22Z")
@tylersmalley - Just ran that command and the following response was provided: `{"reindexOp":null,"warnings":[0],"hasRequiredPrivileges":true}` I'm not sure what I was expecting but that looks overly positive, sadly! ---
**Author:** ![oliverlucas1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oliverlucas1/32/50969_2.png) [@oliverlucas1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oliverlucas1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/6 "2019-07-27T14:47:54Z")
So I ran kibana again from the console and hitting the button to reindex seems to generate the below: ``` error [14:37:29.949] [cluster_block_exception] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/8/index write (api)]; :: {"path":"/.kibana/doc/upgrade-assistant-telemetry%3Aupgrade-as sistant-telemetry/_update","query":{"refresh":"wait_for","_source":"true"},"body ":"{\"script\":{\"source\":\"\\n if (ctx._source[params.type][param s.counterFieldName] == null) {\\n ctx._source[params.type][params .counterFieldName] = params.count;\\n }\\n else {\\n ctx._source[params.type][params.counterFieldName] += params.count; \\n }\\n ctx._source.updated_at = params.time;\\n \",\"lang\":\"painless\",\"params\":{\"count\":1,\"time\":\"2019-07-27T14 :37:29.949Z\",\"type\":\"upgrade-assistant-telemetry\",\"counterFieldName\":\"ui _open.overview\"}},\"upsert\":{\"upgrade-assistant-telemetry\":{\"ui_open.overvi ew\":1},\"type\":\"upgrade-assistant-telemetry\",\"updated_at\":\"2019-07-27T14: 37:29.949Z\"}}","statusCode":403,"response":"{\"error\":{\"root_cause\":[{\"type \":\"cluster_block_exception\",\"reason\":\"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/8/index write (api)];\"}],\"type\":\"cluster_block_exception\",\"reason\":\"blocked by: [FORB IDDEN/8/index write (api)];\"},\"status\":403}"} at respond (C:\ELK-6.8.1\Kibana\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport .js:308:15) at checkRespForFailure (C:\ELK-6.8.1\Kibana\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\l ib\transport.js:267:7) at HttpConnector. (C:\ELK-6.8.1\Kibana\node_modules\elasticsearch \src\lib\connectors\http.js:166:7) at IncomingMessage.wrapper (C:\ELK-6.8.1\Kibana\node_modules\elasticsearch\n ode_modules\lodash\lodash.js:4935:19) at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:194:15) at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1103:12) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19) ``` Does that mean anything? ---
**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/7 "2019-07-27T14:49:26Z")
What user are you logged in as, what roles or privileges does it have? Looks like your getting forbidden write exceptions. ---
**Author:** ![oliverlucas1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oliverlucas1/32/50969_2.png) [@oliverlucas1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oliverlucas1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/8 "2019-07-27T15:02:10Z")
There's no RBAC at all on the cluster, its completely open - Very strange indeed! ---
**Author:** ![oliverlucas1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oliverlucas1/32/50969_2.png) [@oliverlucas1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oliverlucas1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/9 "2019-07-27T15:11:43Z")
I ran the following on the Elasticsearch cluster: ``` elasticsearch-users list No users found ``` I then tried using Kibana dev tools with: `GET /_security/user` which generated the below expected response: ``` { "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "exception", "reason": "Security must be explicitly enabled when using a [basic] license. Enable security by setting [xpack.security.enabled] to [true] in the elasticsearch.yml file and restart the node." } ], "type": "exception", "reason": "Security must be explicitly enabled when using a [basic] license. Enable security by setting [xpack.security.enabled] to [true] in the elasticsearch.yml file and restart the node." }, "status": 500 } ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-reindex-failed/192394/10 "2019-08-24T15:11:45Z")
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