# Why am I geting error \[logstash.outputs.elasticsearch\] Action?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 11, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342 "2018-06-11T10:50:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342/1 "2018-06-11T10:50:52Z")

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I am using ELK GA 5.0.0. I am using Logstash to fetch data from Kafka topic. My config i like below;

```
input {
	kafka{
		group_id => "mygroup"
		topics => ["mytopic"]
		bootstrap_servers => "192.168.0.1:9092,192.168.0.2:9092,192.168.0.3:9092"
		codec => json
		add_field => { "logtype" => "LOGFILE" }
		consumer_threads =>"11"
		max_poll_records =>"50"
	}
}

filter {
	grok {
		match => { "message" => "<(?<timestamp>%{MONTH} %{MONTHDAY}, 20%{YEAR} %{HOUR}:?%{MINUTE}(?::?%{SECOND}) (?:AM|PM))\> <%{GREEDYDATA:f1}> <%{GREEDYDATA:f2}> <%{GREEDYDATA:f3}> <%{GREEDYDATA:f4}> <%{GREEDYDATA:f5}> <%{GREEDYDATA:f6}> <%{GREEDYDATA:f7}>\n <%{GREEDYDATA:f8}>" }
	}
	date {
		match => ["timestamp", "MMM dd, YYYY hh:mm:ss:SSS aa"]
		timezone => "UTC"
		target => "@timestamp"
	}
} 

output{
	elasticsearch {
		hosts => ["192.168.0.1:9200","192.168.0.2:9200","192.168.0.3:9200"]
		index => "mylogs-%{+YYYY-MM-dd}"
		flush_size => 50
	}
}

```

I am getting the below error continously in logstash;

```
[2018-06-11T10:32:44,408][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Action
[2018-06-11T10:32:44,408][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Action
[2018-06-11T10:32:44,408][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Action
[2018-06-11T10:32:44,408][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Action

```

Why is it happening? How can I fix this?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342/2 "2018-06-12T06:49:39Z")

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Is that really everything that's on that line?

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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342/3 "2018-06-13T12:12:42Z")

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Yes @magnusbaeck . But before all those lines, there is another error;

`[2018-06-11T10:31:25,604][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Attempted to send a bulk request to elasticsearch' but Elasticsearch appears to be unreachable or down! {:error_message=>"Elasticsearch Unreachable: [http://~hidden~:~hidden~@192.168.0.1:9200][Manticore::SocketTimeout] Read timed out", :class=>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::HostUnreachableError", :will_retry_in_seconds=>2}`

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**Author:** ![rijinmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rijinmp/32/24634_2.png) [@rijinmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijinmp)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342/4 "2018-06-13T16:50:51Z")

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Check your elasticsearch is working or not .

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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342/5 "2018-06-18T05:40:36Z")

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@rijinmp it is working

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-am-i-geting-error-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-action/135342/6 "2018-07-16T05:40:38Z")

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