# Timeout issue while creating index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327 "2018-01-12T15:48:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![uvarisubash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@uvarisubash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uvarisubash)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327/1 "2018-01-12T15:48:13Z")

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Hi ,

I am trying to create new index through Dev Tool. i am getting a time out error.

**Creation procedure:**

PUT test\_index  
{  
"settings" : {  
"index" : {  
"number\_of\_shards" : 10,  
"number\_of\_replicas" : 3  
}  
}  
}

**Error**

{  
"statusCode": 504,  
"error": "Gateway Time-out",  
"message": "Client request timeout"  
}

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327/2 "2018-01-12T17:49:38Z")

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> `"number_of_replicas" : 3`

Do you have 4 nodes?

What gives

```auto
GET _cat/nodes?v
GET /

```

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**Author:** ![uvarisubash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@uvarisubash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uvarisubash)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327/3 "2018-01-12T18:04:19Z")

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> [@dadoonet](#):
>
> GET \_cat/nodes?v

thanks

**GET \_cat/nodes?v**

```auto
ip heap.percent ram.percent cpu load_1m load_5m load_15m node.role master name
127.0.0.1 47 28 15 1.66 1.25 1.19 mdi * K08xUVh

```

\*_GET \*_

```auto
{
  "name": "K08xUVh",
  "cluster_name": "elasticsearch",
  "cluster_uuid": "1GuZO4_VTm-1Q85G_k7d1Q",
  "version": {
    "number": "6.1.1",
    "build_hash": "bd92e7f",
    "build_date": "2017-12-17T20:23:25.338Z",
    "build_snapshot": false,
    "lucene_version": "7.1.0",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version": "5.6.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version": "5.0.0"
  },
  "tagline": "You Know, for Search"
}

```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327/4 "2018-01-12T18:17:36Z")

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Can you try with just 1 replica or 0?

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**Author:** ![uvarisubash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@uvarisubash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uvarisubash)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327/5 "2018-01-12T18:34:23Z")

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**Output** - its saying already created, but this index one,. it took some more time and then shows error message

```auto
{
  "error": {
    "root_cause": [
      {
        "type": "resource_already_exists_exception",
        "reason": "index [ge_index1/UMP67ecORPuQznalkxOVzA] already exists",
        "index_uuid": "UMP67ecORPuQznalkxOVzA",
        "index": "ge_index1"
      }
    ],
    "type": "resource_already_exists_exception",
    "reason": "index [ge_index1/UMP67ecORPuQznalkxOVzA] already exists",
    "index_uuid": "UMP67ecORPuQznalkxOVzA",
    "index": "ge_index1"
  },
  "status": 400
}

```

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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:** [February 9, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeout-issue-while-creating-index/115327/6 "2018-02-09T18:34:39Z")

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