# Validation Failed: 1: no monitoring documents added

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-1-no-monitoring-documents-added/160621>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-1-no-monitoring-documents-added/160621 "2018-12-12T21:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![kb2295](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kb2295](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kb2295)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-1-no-monitoring-documents-added/160621/1 "2018-12-12T21:06:16Z")

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Every time I try to start a new logstash instance with this config file, I get the following error. I'm not sure what it means nor do I know how to go about fixing it.

> [2018-12-12T15:38:26,252][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Got a bad response code from server, but this code is not considered retryable. Request will be dropped {:code=\>400, :response\_body=\>"{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"action\_request\_validation\_exception","reason":"Validation Failed: 1: no monitoring documents added;"}],"type":"action\_request\_validation\_exception","reason":"Validation Failed: 1: no monitoring documents added;"},"status":400}"}

This is the config file I'm using:

> input {  
> file {  
> path =\> "/tmp/kb60500/delete.csv"  
> start\_position =\> "beginning"  
> sincedb\_path =\>"dev/null"  
> }  
> }  
> filter {  
> csv {  
> separator =\> ","  
> columns =\> ["Status","Last Action","Client","Exec A\_C","B\_S","Qty","Exchange","Asset Class","Con  
> tract","Product","Exch Ticker","Delivery","C\_P","Strike","Price","Clearing Firm","Clearer A\_C ","System Comments  
> ","Clearing Firm Name","Source" ]  
> }  
> }  
> output {  
> elasticsearch {  
> hosts=\> [" "]  
> index =\> "delete2"  
> user =\> fusionLS\_writer  
> password =\> \*\*\*\*\*\*  
> ssl =\> true  
> ssl\_certificate\_verification =\> false  
> cacert =\> '/export1/opt/ELK\_Bin/elasticsearch-5.4.0/config/x-pack/ca/ca.crt'  
> }  
> stdout {}  
> }

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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:** [January 9, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/validation-failed-1-no-monitoring-documents-added/160621/2 "2019-01-09T21:06:18Z")

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