# X-Pack 5.0.0-beta1 exporters not started

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-5-0-0-beta1-exporters-not-started/62695>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 11, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-5-0-0-beta1-exporters-not-started/62695 "2016-10-11T09:16:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kaem2111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaem2111/32/24961_2.png) [@kaem2111](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kaem2111)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-5-0-0-beta1-exporters-not-started/62695/1 "2016-10-11T09:16:02Z")

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When starting Elasticsearch i got the following errors in the logfile:

> [2016-10-11T10:41:54,759][WARN][o.e.x.m.e.h.NodeFailureListener] connection failed to node at [http://_._.114.251:9200]  
> [2016-10-11T10:41:54,760][ERROR][o.e.x.m.e.h.VersionHttpResource] **failed to verify minimum version [5.0.0-alpha6] on the [xpack.monitoring.exporters.id1] monitoring cluster**  
> org.elasticsearch.client.ResponseException: GET http://_._.114.251:9200/?filter\_path=version.number: HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable  
> {  
> "version" : {  
> "number" : "5.0.0-beta1"  
> }  
> }

> ```
> at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient$1.completed(RestClient.java:310) ~[?:?]
> at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient$1.completed(RestClient.java:299) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.concurrent.BasicFuture.completed(BasicFuture.java:119) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.DefaultClientExchangeHandlerImpl.responseCompleted(DefaultClientExchangeHandlerImpl.java:177) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.HttpAsyncRequestExecutor.processResponse(HttpAsyncRequestExecutor.java:436) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.HttpAsyncRequestExecutor.inputReady(HttpAsyncRequestExecutor.java:326) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.DefaultNHttpClientConnection.consumeInput(DefaultNHttpClientConnection.java:265) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.InternalIODispatch.onInputReady(InternalIODispatch.java:81) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.InternalIODispatch.onInputReady(InternalIODispatch.java:39) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIODispatch.inputReady(AbstractIODispatch.java:114) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.readable(BaseIOReactor.java:162) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvent(AbstractIOReactor.java:337) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvents(AbstractIOReactor.java:315) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.execute(AbstractIOReactor.java:276) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.execute(BaseIOReactor.java:104) ~[?:?]
> at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor$Worker.run(AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor.java:588) ~[?:?]
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_91]
> 
> ```
> 
> [2016-10-11T10:41:54,766][INFO][o.e.x.m.e.Exporters] [by0kmh] skipping exporter [id1] as it isn't ready yet

Any ideas to repair/bypass this check?

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**Author:** ![kaem2111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaem2111/32/24961_2.png) [@kaem2111](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kaem2111)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-5-0-0-beta1-exporters-not-started/62695/2 "2016-10-11T11:18:24Z")

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I fixed this by deleting the empty index .security

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**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-5-0-0-beta1-exporters-not-started/62695/3 "2016-10-12T23:15:22Z")

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Thanks for posting the solution to your problem!

CJ

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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 6, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-5-0-0-beta1-exporters-not-started/62695/4 "2017-07-06T13:40:21Z")

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