# ScriptException\[dynamic scripting for \[groovy\] disabled\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 4, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scriptexception-dynamic-scripting-for-groovy-disabled/22518 "2015-03-04T18:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_Freegard\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Steve\_Freegard\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Freegard_2)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scriptexception-dynamic-scripting-for-groovy-disabled/22518/1 "2015-03-04T18:06:29Z")
Hi All, I've just done a fresh install of ElasticSearch 1.4.4 and I was previously using ElasticSearch 1.3 and I've run into an issue with my app that I can't resolve. I converted my MVEL scripts to Groovy and placed them into the config/scripts directory, each with .groovy extensions, but whenever I use the Update API to attempt to call these scripts I get a ScriptException saying that dynamic script is disabled, despite the fact that I'm not trying to use dynamic scripting: [2015-03-04 17:58:15,938][WARN][bulk.udp] [Gardener] [21] failed to execute bulk request: failure in bulk execution: [2]: index [messages-20150304], type [message], id [F982263F-8804-4014-803C-885B6EA04EBD.1], message [ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[failed to execute script]; nested: ScriptException[dynamic scripting for [groovy] disabled]; ] I can see from the logs that ES is seeing the scripts and compiling them: [2015-03-04 17:36:16,485][INFO][script] [Gardener] compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_subsc ription.groovy] [2015-03-04 17:36:16,449][INFO][script] [Gardener] compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_messa ge.groovy] [2015-03-04 17:36:16,417][INFO][script] [Gardener] compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_defer red\_message.groovy] [2015-03-04 17:36:15,935][INFO][script] [Gardener] compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_bounc ed\_message.groovy] I'm using the Bulk UDP API to send the update like this: {"update":{"\_index":"messages-20150304","\_type":"message","\_id":"CF152663-CA97-45A4-9A16-FAB2E306831F.1"}} {"script\_id":"update\_message","params":{"rcpt":"smf@fsl.com","host":"[inbound.mxdomain.com](http://inbound.mxdomain.com)","ip":"98.129.185.132","port":25,"response":"Ok: queued as 44/C5-01861-E0947F45","secured":true,"mode":"SMTP","delay":2.786,"status":"delivered"}} I was using 'script' instead of 'script\_id' on 1.3.0, but I checked it as per the docs. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong an point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Steve. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/md7hj5%24rb%241%40ger.gmane.org](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/md7hj5%24rb%241%40ger.gmane.org). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![colings86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colings86/32/44960_2.png) [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scriptexception-dynamic-scripting-for-groovy-disabled/22518/2 "2015-03-05T09:39:46Z")
Hi Steve, The 'script\_id' parameter is used to find indexed scripts (scripts stored in the special .scripts index). This is considered part of dynamic scripting. As you are using file scripts you should use the 'script\_file' parameter to specify the name of your script. More information on this can be found here: [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-scripting.html#modules-scripting) Hope this helps, Colin On Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:10:48 UTC, Steve Freegard wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just done a fresh install of Elasticsearch 1.4.4 and I was > previously using Elasticsearch 1.3 and I've run into an issue with my > app that I can't resolve. > > I converted my MVEL scripts to Groovy and placed them into the > config/scripts directory, each with .groovy extensions, but whenever I > use the Update API to attempt to call these scripts I get a > ScriptException saying that dynamic script is disabled, despite the fact > that I'm not trying to use dynamic scripting: > > [2015-03-04 17:58:15,938][WARN][bulk.udp] [Gardener] > [21] failed to execute bulk request: failure in bulk execution: > [2]: index [messages-20150304], type [message], id > [F982263F-8804-4014-803C-885B6EA04EBD.1], message > [ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[failed to execute script]; > nested: ScriptException[dynamic scripting for [groovy] disabled]; ] > > I can see from the logs that ES is seeing the scripts and compiling them: > > [2015-03-04 17:36:16,485][INFO][script] [Gardener] > compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_subsc > ription.groovy] > [2015-03-04 17:36:16,449][INFO][script] [Gardener] > compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_messa > ge.groovy] > [2015-03-04 17:36:16,417][INFO][script] [Gardener] > compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_defer > red\_message.groovy] > [2015-03-04 17:36:15,935][INFO][script] [Gardener] > compiling script file [/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/update\_bounc > ed\_message.groovy] > > I'm using the Bulk UDP API to send the update like this: > > {"update":{"\_index":"messages-20150304","\_type":"message","\_id":"CF152663-CA97-45A4-9A16-FAB2E306831F.1"}} > > {"script\_id":"update\_message","params":{"[rcpt":"smf@fsl.com](mailto:rcpt%22:%22smf@fsl.com)","host":" > [inbound.mxdomain.com](http://inbound.mxdomain.com)","ip":"98.129.185.132","port":25,"response":"Ok: > queued as > 44/C5-01861-E0947F45","secured":true,"mode":"SMTP","delay":2.786,"status":"delivered"}} > > I was using 'script' instead of 'script\_id' on 1.3.0, but I checked it > as per the docs. > > Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong an point me in the right direction? > > Thanks in advance. > > Kind regards, > Steve. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c066cb0e-e377-43f1-a30b-76d10d389bc9%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c066cb0e-e377-43f1-a30b-76d10d389bc9%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scriptexception-dynamic-scripting-for-groovy-disabled/22518/3 "2017-07-06T00:28:21Z")