# Logstash "Could not index event to Elasticsearch" **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [June 8, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181 "2020-06-08T13:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/1 "2020-06-08T13:34:35Z")
Hi, I am trying to index my data into Elasticsearch from logstash but I keep getting this type of errors for all indices. `2020-05-06T14:38:11,434][WARN][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Could not index event to Elasticsearch. {:status=>400, :action=>["index", {:_id=>nil, :_index=>"logstash-2020.05.06", :_type=>"doc", :routing=>nil}, #], :response=>{"index"=>{"_index"=>"logstash-2020.05.06", "_type"=>"doc", "_id"=>"32H-6XEBEechOczSU02t", "status"=>400, "error"=>{"type"=>"mapper_parsing_exception", "reason"=>"failed to parse field [Tax.amount] of type [text]", "caused_by"=>{"type"=>"illegal_state_exception", "reason"=>"Can't get text on a START_OBJECT at 1:1067"}}}}} ` Can you please help me in debugging the problem that is causing this to happen? Thanks and Regards ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/2 "2020-06-08T14:24:39Z")
A field in elasticsearch cannot be a keyword in some documents and an object in others. You are trying to index a document in which the [Tax.amount] field is an object into an index in which the [Tax.amount] field is a string. ---
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/3 "2020-06-08T14:47:32Z")
Thanks for the reply. How do I go about to resolve this, by filtering the object? Can you guide me how? Here is my pipeline.conf file which I am using: ```auto input { udp { port => 5000 type => syslog } udp { port => 5001 type => json } tcp { port => 5001 type => json ssl_enable => true ssl_key => "/etc/letsencrypt/live/elastic.acomodeo.com/privkey.pem" ssl_cert => "/etc/letsencrypt/live/elastic.acomodeo.com/fullchain.pem" ssl_extra_chain_certs => ["/etc/letsencrypt/live/elastic.acomodeo.com/chain.pem"] ssl_verify => false add_field => {"ssl" => "on"} } } ## Add your filters / logstash plugins configuration here filter { mutate { remove_field => ["port"] } if [type] == "syslog" { grok { match => { "message" => "\A%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601:tmptimestamp}\|%{HOSTNAME:cluster}\|%{HOSTNAME:hostname}\|%{HOSTNAME:app}\|%{GREEDYDATA:message}\Z" } overwrite => ["message"] } date { match => ["tmptimestamp", "ISO8601"] remove_field => ["tmptimestamp"] } } if [type] == "json" { json { source => "message" } acologs { } } } output { if [type] == "syslog" and "_grokparsefailure" in [tags] { file { path => "~/log/failed_syslog_events-%{+YYYY-MM-dd}" } } elasticsearch { hosts => "localhost:9200" } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/4 "2020-06-08T15:22:14Z")
> [@Abdul\_Hameed](#): > > How do I go about to resolve this, by filtering the object? I suggest you read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch-wazuh-alerts-3-x-2020-05-30/235038/6) post. ---
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/5 "2020-06-09T09:39:23Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. I made the modification in my pipeline.conf by adding the line ```auto if ! [host][name] { mutate { rename { "[host]" => "[host][name]" } } } ``` And now I'm getting the error - ```auto [ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline_id:main, :exception=>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=>"Expected one of #, => ``` What am I missing here? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/6 "2020-06-09T10:05:57Z")
I found the missing part, there needs to be a =\> after rename, like this ```auto if ! [host][name] { mutate { rename => { "[host]" => "[host][name]" } } } ``` But still I get the same error as before, did I miss something? ---
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/7 "2020-06-10T12:56:13Z")
Hi @Badger , I also tried using the second solution as suggested in the other post by adding ```auto mutate { replace => { "[host]" => "[host][name]" } } ``` I still am getting the errors same as the ones before: ```auto [logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Could not index event to Elasticsearch. {:status=>400, :action=>["index", {:_id=>nil, :_index=>"logstash-2020.06.09", :_type=>"doc", :routing=>nil}, #], :response=>{"index"=>{"_index"=>"logstash-2020.06.09", "_type"=>"doc", "_id"=>"-VRFnnIBEechOczSRbyg", "status"=>400, "error"=>{"type"=>"mapper_parsing_exception", "reason"=>"failed to parse field [Rate.timeSpan] of type [text]", "caused_by"=>{"type"=>"illegal_state_exception", "reason"=>"Can't get text on a START_OBJECT at 1:539"}}}}} ``` I appreciate the help. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/8 "2020-06-10T17:26:12Z")
> [@Abdul\_Hameed](#): > > [Rate.timeSpan] In elasticsearch Rate.timeSpan is a text field, but in your events it is an object. You need to decide which one it should be and adjust accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/9 "2020-06-10T17:59:10Z")
Thanks for the reply @Badger My apologies, I am just starting with Elastic stack. I need to define a filter for it specifically? Could you give me an example? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/10 "2020-06-10T18:03:26Z")
The post I linked to earlier explain what to do for the field host.name, you need to go through the same steps for Rate.timeSpan ---
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/11 "2020-06-16T09:31:30Z")
Thanks @Badger, I will make the adjustments for Rate.timeSpan and check. ---
**Author:** ![Abdul\_Hameed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdul_hameed/32/46158_2.png) [@Abdul\_Hameed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Hameed)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/12 "2020-07-01T12:39:29Z")
Hi @Badger, I tried the solution you provided by adding this to my pipeline.conf file in logstash ```auto if ! [Rate][timeSpan] { mutate { rename { "[Rate]" => "[Rate][timeSpan]" } } } ``` But the error still persists. Can you please guide me in what I am doing wrong. Best Regards ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch/236181/13 "2020-07-29T12:39:32Z")
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