# No matching indices found: No indices match pattern \* - even when indices exist

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 17, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376 "2018-03-17T00:04:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![stcleezy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stcleezy/32/36582_2.png) [@stcleezy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stcleezy)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376/1 "2018-03-17T00:04:54Z")

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Using version 5.6.4 of Elasticsearch and Kibana. Everything is setup on my localhost

I have uploaded my data and confirmed the indices exist, per the instructions here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/5.4/tutorial-load-dataset.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/5.4/tutorial-load-dataset.html)

```
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open .kibana kROEUVWbQMWE-bMGYZCNcA 1 1 1 0 9.3kb 9.3kb
yellow open travel-sample rElzvrZgQWKfqUiO5zhhRQ 5 1 32616 0 44.1mb 44.1mb
yellow open shakespeare 48nwK8PBSmiSYtV8pLLZlA 5 1 111396 0 21.6mb 21.6mb
yellow open cases ZIMoJ1UMS1WmOLXMZDH6sA 5 1 1109 9 514.3kb 514.3kb

```

However, when I try to add the index in Kibana (which recognizes it as a valid index and even auto-detects time fields if present), I always get the error: No matching indices found: No indices match pattern "AWIxOms5xIfTvlz99..."

![3-16-2018%204-59-26%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/5/45d8c79fed1a038f11ba0b9b3d2a200e33e0de47.png)

 ![3-16-2018%204-59-50%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/1/71964ab93cd9e77695521a1d10eaaca08b09bef1.png)

I don't see any errors in the logs. I have tried deleting and re-creating the .kibana index without any luck. I have also read through the dozens of posts w/ people experiencing similar issues, which are almost all due to the indices not existing on Elasticsearch, which is not the problem here.

Any other ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376/2 "2018-03-17T00:32:21Z")

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Have you ensured that the user you're logging into Kibana with has permission to read the data in that Index? If you have already done that, I would try and increase the time picker to a larger time range in which the data falls.

Let us know if it works  
Thanks  
Rashmi

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**Author:** ![stcleezy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stcleezy/32/36582_2.png) [@stcleezy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stcleezy)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376/3 "2018-03-17T01:52:16Z")

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I haven't setup any authentication or access controls for Elasticsearch or  
Kibana. I confirmed this by getting results via: curl  
localhost:9200/shakespeare/\_search?q=macbeth

The shakespeare dataset from the example doesn't have any date range, so  
that's not impacting it either.

Any other ideas? Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![stcleezy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stcleezy/32/36582_2.png) [@stcleezy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stcleezy)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376/4 "2018-03-19T20:32:20Z")

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I have tried reinstalling w/ v5.6.7 and I'm still having the same issue.

I'm using [Couchbase's Elasticsearch plugin](https://developer.couchbase.com/documentation/server/5.1/connectors/elasticsearch/getting-started.html) so perhaps it's related to the default template?

```
{
"template" : "*",
"order" : 10,
"mappings" : {
    "couchbaseCheckpoint" : {
        "_source" : {
            "includes" : ["doc.*"]
        },
        "dynamic_templates": [
            {
                "store_no_index": {
                    "match": "*",
                    "mapping": {
                        "store" : "no",
                        "index" : "no",
                        "include_in_all" : false
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "_default_" : {
        "_source" : {
            "includes" : ["meta.*"]
        },
        "properties" : {
            "meta" : {
                "type" : "object",
                "include_in_all" : false
            }
        }
    }
}

```

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**Author:** ![stcleezy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stcleezy/32/36582_2.png) [@stcleezy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stcleezy)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376/5 "2018-03-19T21:14:03Z")

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OK I figured it out... I'm not really sure why this fixed it but:

The index name needs to be specified as the Index pattern ID, located in the Advanced Settings.

![3-19-2018%202-11-46%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/3/23dba28be4428e253800228ed2b3bde0cff773e7.png)

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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:** [April 16, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376/6 "2018-04-16T21:14:09Z")

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