# RAG implementation failing
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rag-implementation-failing/366365
**Category:** Elastic Search
**Tags:** elastic-app-search
**Created:** [September 11, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rag-implementation-failing/366365 "2024-09-11T03:09:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Gordon1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gordon1)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rag-implementation-failing/366365/1 "2024-09-11T03:09:12Z")
Hello, I am attempting to run the [Chatbot Tutorial] and when I attempt to run the "Flask Create-Index" Command on the Python Back End section, I get a error message stating:
"773 ERROR langchain\_elasticsearch.vectorstores: First error reason: Model [.elser\_model\_2] must be deployed to use. Please deploy with the start trained model deployment API."
I have configured my .env file with the correct parameters but I am still not able to connect. Can someone point me in the right direction before I try to present this to my management team?
Thank you,
([Welcome — Search Labs](https://www.elastic.co/search-labs/tutorials/chatbot-tutorial/welcome))
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### Author:  [@ashishtiwari1993](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashishtiwari1993)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rag-implementation-failing/366365/2 "2024-09-11T06:10:53Z")
Hi @Gordon1, Welcome to the Elastic community. It seems you have not deployed ELSER model (`.elser_mode_2`) in Elastic. To deploy -
Go to the kibana panel. Navigate to _ **Menu -\> Machine Learning** _ (In _Analytics_ section). In left menu, Click on _ **Trained Models** _ (In _Model Management_ Section).
1. ELSER can be found in the list of trained models.
2. Click the _ **Download model** _ button under _ **Actions** _.
3. After the download is finished, start the deployment by clicking the _ **Start deployment** _ button.
4. Provide a deployment ID, select the priority, and set the number of allocations and threads per allocation values (It's ok if you keep it as a default).
5. Click _ **Start** _.
Once started you can again try to run the same script.
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### Author:  [@Gordon1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gordon1)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rag-implementation-failing/366365/3 "2024-09-13T03:23:08Z")
Thank you very much! This worked!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rag-implementation-failing/366365/4 "2024-10-11T03:23:28Z")
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