# Transport error 404 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 5, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-error-404/21991 "2015-02-05T12:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@James\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-error-404/21991/1 "2015-02-05T12:04:38Z")
Hi, I'm trying to get elasticsearch working, querying it from python. However in my UWSGI logs I have this error: File "/var/www/.../venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/elasticsearch/connection/base.py", line 9 7, in \_raise\_error raise HTTP\_EXCEPTIONS.get(status\_code, TransportError)(status\_code, error\_message, additional\_info) elasticsearch.exceptions.NotFoundError: TransportError(404, u'IndexMissingException[[employ\_simple] missin g]') Is this a simple error just to say I don't have an index on my elasticsearch server yet? Do I have to create one before I can attempt to put any data on it? James -- 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/2eac9753-9ea4-48cb-b8e1-7723fb63b56b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2eac9753-9ea4-48cb-b8e1-7723fb63b56b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Honza\_Kral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/honza_kral/32/876_2.png) [@Honza\_Kral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Honza_Kral)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-error-404/21991/2 "2015-02-05T13:28:50Z")
Hi James, you can index documents even without creating an index - it will be created for you, but when searching the index must exist. Hope this helps. On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:04 PM, James [mail@employ.com](mailto:mail@employ.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get elasticsearch working, querying it from python. However in > my UWSGI logs I have this error: > > File > "/var/www/.../venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/elasticsearch/connection/base.py", > line 9 > 7, in \_raise\_error > raise HTTP\_EXCEPTIONS.get(status\_code, TransportError)(status\_code, > error\_message, additional\_info) > elasticsearch.exceptions.NotFoundError: TransportError(404, > u'IndexMissingException[[employ\_simple] missin > g]') > > Is this a simple error just to say I don't have an index on my elasticsearch > server yet? Do I have to create one before I can attempt to put any data on > it? > > James > > -- > 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/2eac9753-9ea4-48cb-b8e1-7723fb63b56b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2eac9753-9ea4-48cb-b8e1-7723fb63b56b%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/CABfdDio9wx%2BucqiSMYhwdviu6jCCJaUgTObme\_jOLfEtRhZakA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CABfdDio9wx%2BucqiSMYhwdviu6jCCJaUgTObme_jOLfEtRhZakA%40mail.gmail.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, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-error-404/21991/3 "2017-07-06T00:34:46Z")