# Update script fail
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-script-fail/82800
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-script-fail/82800 "2017-04-19T01:23:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@orange-jacky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/orange-jacky)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-script-fail/82800/1 "2017-04-19T01:23:44Z")
Elasticsearch version:
elasticsearch-2.3.5.tar.gz
Plugins installed: []
modules [reindex, lang-expression, lang-groovy], plugins [license, delete-by-query], sites []
JVM version:
java version "1.8.0\_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_65-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.65-b01, mixed mode)
OS version:
[search@search-02 es1]$ lsb\_release -a
LSB Version: :base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
Release: 6.5
Codename: Final
[search@search-02 es1]$ uname -a
Linux search-02.cloud.mos 2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6.x86\_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 13 13:06:13 UTC 2013 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux
Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:
PUT test/type1/1
{
"counter" : 1,
"tags" : ["red"]
}
it ok
POST test/type1/1/\_update
{
"script" : {
"inline": "ctx.\_source.counter += count",
"params" : {
"count" : 4
}
}
}
it fail.
error info:
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "remote\_transport\_exception",
"reason": "[node-3][172.16.8.145:9300][indices:data/write/update[s]]"
}
],
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "failed to execute script",
"caused\_by": {
"type": "script\_exception",
"reason": "failed to run inline script [ctx.\_source.counter += count] using lang [groovy]",
"caused\_by": {
"type": "no\_class\_def\_found\_error",
"reason": "Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.IndyGuardsFiltersAndSignatures"
}
}
},
"status": 400
}
you will find configures and logs by the flowing url.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-script-fail/82800/2 "2017-05-17T01:27:14Z")
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