Root mapping definition has unsupported parameters: [_size : {enabled=true}]

[loknath_sudhakar]

Hello,
I have installed ES 6.5.4 in my cluster. Also installed Size plugin 6.5.4. After restarting the cluster, tried creating an index with mappings as follows:

PUT test_index/
{
 "mappings": {  "my_type": {
         "_size": {
        "enabled": true
    },
    "properties": {
    "field1": {
        "type": "keyword"
      }
    }
   }
 }
}

But I got following error.

{
   "error": {
      "root_cause": [
     {
        "type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
        "reason": "Root mapping definition has unsupported parameters:  [_size : {enabled=true}]"
     }
  ],
  "type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
  "reason": "Failed to parse mapping [unified]: Root mapping definition has unsupported parameters:  [_size : {enabled=true}]",
  "caused_by": {
     "type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
     "reason": "Root mapping definition has unsupported parameters:  [_size : {enabled=true}]"
  }
   },
   "status": 400
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[rjernst (Ryan Ernst)]

You need to install the mapper-size plugin.

sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install mapper-size

Then restart elasticsearch and you should be able to enable the _size field.

[loknath_sudhakar]

Hi Ryan,
Thanks for the reply. I had already installed mapper-size plugin and restarted elasticsearch. But still I am getting the above error while trying to create the index.

[rjernst (Ryan Ernst)]

Do you have the plugin installed on every node in your cluster? Could you please check the installed plugins? https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-plugins.html

[loknath_sudhakar]

Hi Ryan,
Yes, The plugin has been installed in all 40 nodes of the cluster.

[loknath_sudhakar]

Any further help would be greatly appreciated.