# No Index Creation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271>\
**Category:** APM\
**Created:** [July 25, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271 "2019-07-25T14:47:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bvm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@bvm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bvm)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271/1 "2019-07-25T14:47:18Z")

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**Kibana version** :  
6.7.1

**Elasticsearch version** :  
6.7.1

**APM Server version** :  
6.8.1

**APM Agent language and version** :  
django + elastic-apm==4.2.2

**Browser version** :  
Chrome

**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**:  
docker

**Fresh install or upgraded from other version?**  
fresh install

**Is there anything special in your setup?** For example, are you using the Logstash or Kafka outputs? Are you using a load balancer in front of the APM Servers? Have you changed index pattern, generated custom templates, changed agent configuration etc.  
nothing special - output to elastic-search

**Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (if relevant)**:

All info is described here: [https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/issues/2495](https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/issues/2495)

**Steps to reproduce** :

1. send logs from django app to apm
2. no index created, also no error on apm console
3. 

**Errors in browser console (if relevant)**:  
none

**Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant)**:  
logs and server output located here [https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/issues/2495](https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/issues/2495)

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**Author:** ![simitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simitt/32/106406_2.png) [@simitt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simitt)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271/2 "2019-07-25T15:23:32Z")

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The logs you linked in the issue do show the incoming requests from the agents, but nothing else. This is usually a sign for properly indexing data, as otherwise you should see errors logged to the apm-server output.

You mentioned that no indices are created. Can you verify this by e.g. calling `curl apm-server-host:port/_cat/indices/apm*` and check if there are apm indices returned. Maybe the data are there actually indexed but not properly shown by the Kibana UI.

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**Author:** ![bvm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@bvm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bvm)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271/3 "2019-07-25T15:34:56Z")

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I beleive you mean curl my ES server. I have done that. Looks like the index is actually there

green open apm-6.8.1-2019.07.25 q242icMQT\_W-qJO\_0lKhtQ 1 1 261 0 542.3kb 300.2kb

So seems kibana isnt picking up the index.

I have went into managment on kibana and created a new index pattern(apm-\*) but it does not see the indexes.

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**Author:** ![bvm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@bvm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bvm)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271/4 "2019-07-25T15:56:05Z")

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I figured out my issue. I had to allow the index to be accessible. My user role didnt now allow me to see it.

I am all good now!

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**Author:** ![simitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simitt/32/106406_2.png) [@simitt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simitt)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271/5 "2019-07-26T06:56:04Z")

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