# Unable to create index in elasticsearch 6.3.0 using kibana dev tools

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-in-elasticsearch-6-3-0-using-kibana-dev-tools/138086>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 1, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-in-elasticsearch-6-3-0-using-kibana-dev-tools/138086 "2018-07-01T15:48:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amitesh\_Gautam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@Amitesh\_Gautam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amitesh_Gautam)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-in-elasticsearch-6-3-0-using-kibana-dev-tools/138086/1 "2018-07-01T15:48:19Z")

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PUT /shakespeare  
{  
"mappings": {  
"doc": {  
"properties": {  
"speaker": {  
"type": "keyword"  
},  
"play\_name": {  
"type": "keyword"  
},  
"line\_id": {  
"type": "integer"  
},  
"speech\_number": {  
"type": "integer"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

it is giving error :[i am trying on windows]

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

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**Author:** ![cbuescher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cbuescher/32/60402_2.png) [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-in-elasticsearch-6-3-0-using-kibana-dev-tools/138086/2 "2018-07-06T16:54:54Z")

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The mapping looks okay, most likely your elasticsearch instance is not running, or its running under a different port than the default one. Does `curl -X GET http://localhost:9200/`return anything when this happens?

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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:** [August 3, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-in-elasticsearch-6-3-0-using-kibana-dev-tools/138086/3 "2018-08-03T16:55:00Z")

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