# X-pack watcher

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370 "2017-12-19T07:32:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhiraj_singh_chauhan/32/68235_2.png) [@Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiraj_Singh_Chauhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/1 "2017-12-19T07:32:20Z")

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Hi Guys,

I am creating a new x-pack watcher to trigger a email when condition met. but while executing the create api through Kibana console I am getting below error. Please help me to create new watcher.  
"No handler found for uri [/\_xpack/watcher/watch/healthStatus] and method [PUT]"

Appreciate your help in advance.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/2 "2017-12-19T07:33:47Z")

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There is no error in your post?

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**Author:** ![Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhiraj_singh_chauhan/32/68235_2.png) [@Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiraj_Singh_Chauhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/3 "2017-12-19T07:38:07Z")

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Sorry I missed to post error. I have updated mt post with error msg.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/4 "2017-12-19T07:42:01Z")

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Please show the entire Watch. What version of the Elastic Stack are you running?

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**Author:** ![Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhiraj_singh_chauhan/32/68235_2.png) [@Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiraj_Singh_Chauhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/5 "2017-12-19T07:59:58Z")

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I am using ELK version 5.5.0

PUT \_xpack/watcher/watch/healthStatus  
{  
"trigger" : {  
"schedule" : { "interval" : "1m" }  
},  
"input" : {  
"http" : {  
"request" : {  
"host" : "XXXXXXXXXX",  
"port" : XXXX,  
"path" : "/\_cluster/health"  
}  
}  
},  
"condition" : {  
"compare" : {  
"ctx.payload.status" : { "eq" : "green" }  
}  
},  
"actions" : {  
"send\_email" : {  
"email" : {  
"to" : "XXXXXXX@XXXXXXXX",  
"subject" : "Elastic Search Health Green",  
"body" : "Elastic Search Health Green"  
}  
}  
}  
}

I am able to create watch by ising same API in my local system. But does not on prod env

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/6 "2017-12-19T08:22:20Z")

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It looks as if the x-pack plugin is not installed.

Can you check with `GET _cat/plugins` and paste the full output here

--Alex

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**Author:** ![Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhiraj_singh_chauhan/32/68235_2.png) [@Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiraj_Singh_Chauhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/7 "2017-12-19T08:26:34Z")

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Hi Alex,

I have installed x-pack plugin.

XXXXXXXXXX x-pack 5.5.0  
XXXXXXXXXX x-pack 5.5.0  
XXXXXXXXXX x-pack 5.5.0  
XXXXXXXXXX x-pack 5.5.0  
XXXXXXXXXX x-pack 5.5.0  
XXXXXXXXXX x-pack 5.5.0  
XXXXXXXXXX x-pack 5.5.0

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/8 "2017-12-19T08:28:20Z")

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please share the exact output of the PUT watch action, also share the output of `GET _nodes`

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**Author:** ![Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhiraj_singh_chauhan/32/68235_2.png) [@Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiraj_Singh_Chauhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/9 "2017-12-19T08:59:31Z")

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> [@spinscale](#):
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> T watch action

Hi Alex,

This is the output of the PUT watch action  
"No handler found for uri [/\_xpack/watcher/watch/healthStatus] and method [PUT]".

Sorry Alex, GET \_nodes output has full infra details. I can't provide the our infrastructure details on open forum.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/10 "2017-12-19T10:57:59Z")

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you can use the `filter_path=**.xpack` param to only show xpack specific parameters, that might help.

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**Author:** ![Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhiraj_singh_chauhan/32/68235_2.png) [@Dhiraj\_Singh\_Chauhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiraj_Singh_Chauhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/11 "2017-12-19T11:27:03Z")

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Thanks Alex,

By executing API( GET \_nodes?filter\_path=\*\*.xpack) I got the reason why I was not able to create watcher.  
Its due to, watcher is disable in my elasticsearch.yml file.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/12 "2017-12-19T13:01:08Z")

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Glad you got it sorted out! And thanks for also posting the solution, always helpful for others.

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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 16, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-watcher/112370/13 "2018-01-16T13:01:34Z")

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