# Logstash Elasticsearch output error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-output-error/68726>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 12, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-output-error/68726 "2016-12-12T14:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![dongz9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dongz9](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dongz9)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-output-error/68726/1 "2016-12-12T14:48:00Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to setup a simple Elastic Stack where Logstash pulls data from Twitter and outputs to ES.

output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> XXXXXX  
user =\> XXXXXX  
password =\> XXXXXX  
index =\> "twitter"  
document\_type =\> "tweets"  
template =\> "twitter\_template.json"  
template\_name =\> "twitter"  
}  
}

When I tested this simple conf file, I got the following error messages:

[2016-12-12T22:39:34,925][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Encountered an unexpected error submitting a bulk request! Will retry. {:error\_message=\>"undefined method `response' for #<LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::BadResponseCodeError:0x2926fa12>", :class=>"NoMethodError", :backtrace=>["/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-5.4.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:223:in`safe\_bulk'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-5.4.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:109:in `submit'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-5.4.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:76:in`retrying\_submit'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-5.4.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:27:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output_delegator_strategies/shared.rb:12:in`multi\_receive'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output\_delegator.rb:42:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:331:in`output\_batch'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1342:in `each'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:330:in`output\_batch'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:288:in `worker_loop'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/5.1.1/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:258:in`start\_workers'"]}

Does anyone know what's going on? Thanks!

-- Dong

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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:** [December 13, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-output-error/68726/2 "2016-12-13T03:38:18Z")

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Check your ES logs, there should be more.

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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:** [January 10, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-output-error/68726/3 "2017-01-10T03:38:21Z")

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