# \#curator **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/tag/curator/24.md [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) --- ## [How to make Curator not exclude system indices?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-curator-not-exclude-system-indices/379679)
**Author:** [@mikewillis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikewillis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-curator-not-exclude-system-indices/379679 "2025-07-01T16:12:30Z")
I have an action kibana-snapshot: action: snapshot description: Backup the Kibana indicies, where all those lovely visualisations and index pattern settings and other good things are stored. options: … --- ## [Curator - Failed to complete action: allocation. \: 'store'](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-failed-to-complete-action-allocation-class-keyerror-store/375037)
**Author:** [@mikewillis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikewillis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-failed-to-complete-action-allocation-class-keyerror-store/375037 "2025-02-28T19:45:04Z")
Elasticsearch version: 7.17.1 (yes, I know.) Curator version: 7.0.1 I'm seeing an occasional error where a Curator task about allocation fails with Failed to complete action: allocation. \: 'store' … --- ## [Curator 7.0.1 fails because of closed indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-7-0-1-fails-because-of-closed-indices/373190)
**Author:** [@mikewillis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikewillis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-7-0-1-fails-because-of-closed-indices/373190 "2025-02-14T00:40:30Z")
Elasticsearch version: 7.17.1 (yes, I know.) Curator version: 7.0.1 I find myself in the position of having to replace every server in our Elasticsearch cluster to replace them with ones running RHEL 9. As part of th… --- ## [Issues when running curator 8.0.17](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-when-running-curator-8-0-17/372996)
**Author:** [@padmavathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/padmavathi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-when-running-curator-8-0-17/372996 "2025-02-07T13:53:23Z")
I have recently upgraded curator v8.0.17 from curator v.5.8.3. curator is not running. PFB: root@logsdev:~/curator# ./run.sh Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/curator", line 8, in sys.exit(cl… --- ## [A curator\_cli show-indices KeyError question](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-curator-cli-show-indices-keyerror-question/365667)
**Author:** [@bus102](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bus102)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-curator-cli-show-indices-keyerror-question/365667 "2024-11-13T03:20:26Z")
Hi there, I've installed elasticsearch 8.14.3 on RHEL 8 and am testing elasticsearch-curator 8.0.16. When I try to run the show-indices command I get the following error: \[root@elasticsearch ~\]# /usr/local/bin/curator… --- ## [Synthetics CLI - Only Pushing Lightweight](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-cli-only-pushing-lightweight/364713)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-cli-only-pushing-lightweight/364713 "2024-08-12T02:25:59Z")
Hello, I am pretty new to Synthetics CLI, I was wondering after setting up lightweight monitors, how do I push to Kibana without including Journeys? --- ## [Request to Create "certification" Tag for Community Posts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-to-create-certification-tag-for-community-posts/358412)
**Author:** [@srini\_dk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/srini_dk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-to-create-certification-tag-for-community-posts/358412 "2024-04-29T10:21:47Z")
Hi Team, Could the community moderator create a tag specifically for "certification"? This would enable interested individuals to post questions or discussions related to certification and receive clarification from fel… --- ## [DEBUG | does logstash supports startup debug? just like idea tools did? How should I do that?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-does-logstash-supports-startup-debug-just-like-idea-tools-did-how-should-i-do-that/357469)
**Author:** [@LiYuzhuo2020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LiYuzhuo2020)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-does-logstash-supports-startup-debug-just-like-idea-tools-did-how-should-i-do-that/357469 "2024-04-16T02:33:13Z")
I want to debug the logstash startup process, does anyone knows how to do that? --- ## [Matching search strings in web crawler query tester](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/matching-search-strings-in-web-crawler-query-tester/356678)
**Author:** [@CoreCPU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CoreCPU)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/matching-search-strings-in-web-crawler-query-tester/356678 "2024-04-03T12:33:51Z")
Hello, New to elasticsearch. I've got a elastic cluster, three nodes. A web crawler has been configured to crawl a domain which seems to be working fine. I want to configure a curation that queries for all the occurr… --- ## [Logstash how to force to use particular jruby version?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-how-to-force-to-use-particular-jruby-version/356447)
**Author:** [@LiYuzhuo2020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LiYuzhuo2020)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-how-to-force-to-use-particular-jruby-version/356447 "2024-03-29T09:04:52Z")
I'm upgrading the logstash and encountered plugin load error when restart many times, I think this is caused by the jruby version so how can I force the logstash to use particular jruby version and is there any impact wi… --- ## [Curator forcemerge Exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-forcemerge-exception/354245)
**Author:** [@Daniel314](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel314)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-forcemerge-exception/354245 "2024-02-27T16:52:23Z")
Hi, I have an Elastic cluster running version 8.12.x with curator\_cli version 8.0.10. I recently had an odd timeout/connect issue with curator\_cli while it was doing a forcemerge (scheduled script -- not the focus of t… --- ## [Elastic Search curator not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-curator-not-working/354114)
**Author:** [@Akash\_Rai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akash_Rai)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-curator-not-working/354114 "2024-02-26T10:42:34Z")
Hi , I am trying to install elastisearch -curator but its not working. kind: CronJob metadata: name: curator labels: app: curator spec: schedule: "\* \* \* \* \*" successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1 failedJobsHistoryLimit… --- ## [The client noticed that the server is not Elasticsearch and we do not support this unknown product](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-client-noticed-that-the-server-is-not-elasticsearch-and-we-do-not-support-this-unknown-product/354046)
**Author:** [@jeet.mail72](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jeet.mail72)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-client-noticed-that-the-server-is-not-elasticsearch-and-we-do-not-support-this-unknown-product/354046 "2024-02-25T13:50:37Z")
Hi All, I am using Elasticsearch with Python using Docker on the MacBook Pro and getting the following error. The index is created but still getting the exception. Print Logs: Creating Elastic Search connection. Elas… --- ## [Manually promoted results (in curations) randomly change after a webcrawl](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-promoted-results-in-curations-randomly-change-after-a-webcrawl/353791)
**Author:** [@mvh-solidaris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvh-solidaris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-promoted-results-in-curations-randomly-change-after-a-webcrawl/353791 "2024-02-21T13:20:50Z")
Hello, We have an Angular application using App Search. The web crawler uses 1 domain , and all the webcrawls are always successfull. After a webcrawl is done, the promoted results (that were added manually) in active … --- ## [Shrink do not proceed because of number of shard filter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-do-not-proceed-because-of-number-of-shard-filter/352861)
**Author:** [@Teoman\_Sevinc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Teoman_Sevinc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-do-not-proceed-because-of-number-of-shard-filter/352861 "2024-02-08T15:27:37Z")
Hi Community, I'm trying to shrink my indices with a curator. This is my action.yml content: actions: 1: action: shrink description: "Shrink indices starting with mylog older than two days" options: … --- ## [Can you help me see how my code should be implemented?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-help-me-see-how-my-code-should-be-implemented/351330)
**Author:** [@ivanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-help-me-see-how-my-code-should-be-implemented/351330 "2024-01-18T09:12:56Z")
Now there is a requirement as follows: A piece of data has four fields: article\_id, year, title, and version. If multiple articles share an article\_id, the one with the highest version in the hit data will be returned d… --- ## [ES curator not deleting the indices data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-curator-not-deleting-the-indices-data/350241)
**Author:** [@Ravi\_Pattar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Pattar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-curator-not-deleting-the-indices-data/350241 "2024-01-03T12:49:26Z")
Hello, I have installed the ES-curator and below are my curator.yml and action.yml. I am seeing below errors while running the dry run and also when I tried with the cronjob entries. Because I don't see the indices dat… --- ## [ when downgrading version 8.11 to a lower version. my datanodes did restore on version downgrade but starting elastic search the data on the new nodes was not found. Is there any way to restore this data?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-downgrading-version-8-11-to-a-lower-version-my-datanodes-did-restore-on-version-downgrade-but-starting-elastic-search-the-data-on-the-new-nodes-was-not-found-is-there-any-way-to-restore-this-data/350114)
**Author:** [@Cody-Test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cody-Test)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-downgrading-version-8-11-to-a-lower-version-my-datanodes-did-restore-on-version-downgrade-but-starting-elastic-search-the-data-on-the-new-nodes-was-not-found-is-there-any-way-to-restore-this-data/350114 "2023-12-31T16:48:33Z")
Hello friend, currently my lab tests elasticsearch when downgrading version 8.11 to a lower version. my datanodes did restore on version downgrade but starting Elasticsearch the data on the new nodes was not found. Is th… --- ## [How to integrate SCIM Server (Basic Auth) with SailPoint IIQ?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-integrate-scim-server-basic-auth-with-sailpoint-iiq/347185)
**Author:** [@srikanth\_bollu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/srikanth_bollu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-integrate-scim-server-basic-auth-with-sailpoint-iiq/347185 "2023-11-15T04:15:43Z")
I am running Okta's Example SCIM (v2.0) Server and I wish to know how to integrate it with SailPoint IIQ. It asks for the Basic Authentication username and password. However, the example app has not authentication config… --- ## [Unable to install elastic search curator](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elastic-search-curator/342751)
**Author:** [@Senthil\_ak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Senthil_ak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elastic-search-curator/342751 "2023-09-14T16:02:06Z")
Hi Team, Is there any RPM package available for curator v8.0? Recently, we upgraded from 7.17 to 8.9 version of ELK stack, and our curator version is not compatible with the ELK stack. Our env is an air-gap env and does… --- ## [Curator advancing ILM phase due to disk usage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-advancing-ilm-phase-due-to-disk-usage/342070)
**Author:** [@Pete\_Nelson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pete_Nelson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-advancing-ilm-phase-due-to-disk-usage/342070 "2023-08-31T19:11:47Z")
This is a feature request for Curator. I know that Elastic's official stance is that clusters should be sized for retention time requirements, and I know the answer to exhausting disk space is to enable automatic scalin… --- ## [ECE docker containers stopped and no logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-docker-containers-stopped-and-no-logs/340502)
**Author:** [@shani\_angarkadu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shani_angarkadu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-docker-containers-stopped-and-no-logs/340502 "2023-08-10T01:53:57Z")
Hi there, Our ECE is hosted on-premises within Docker containers. Unfortunately, all beat runners on each host are currently offline, and we lack visibility into the health status of the Docker containers, both in serve… --- ## [求助kibana执行yarn build --skip-os-packages报错](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-yarn-build-skip-os-packages/338554)
**Author:** [@gao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gao)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-yarn-build-skip-os-packages/338554 "2023-07-18T14:27:39Z")
yarn run v1.21.1 $ node scripts/build --all-platforms --skip-os-packages Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run: npx browserslist@latest --update-db Why you should do it regularly: GitHub - browserslist/b… --- ## [Curator 7 is failing to delete indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-7-is-failing-to-delete-indices/335287)
**Author:** [@chiranjeevirao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chiranjeevirao)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-7-is-failing-to-delete-indices/335287 "2023-06-06T08:35:13Z")
Hi We are using opensearch 1.2.4 (derived from Elasticsearch 7.10.2). We could see in the curator release document that curator 7 will work with Elasticsearch 7.x and is functionally identical to 5.8.4 and uplifted cur… --- ## [Curator not can find indecies](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-not-can-find-indecies/333465)
**Author:** [@alon\_carmelly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alon_carmelly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-not-can-find-indecies/333465 "2023-05-16T12:28:27Z")
I have an issue with deleting indexes! this is my Action file: actions: 1: action: delete\_indices description: \>- Delete indices. Find which to delete by first limiting the list to logstash- prefi… --- ## [Snapshots and malicious deletion of backups](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-and-malicious-deletion-of-backups/328191)
**Author:** [@jgimenez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jgimenez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-and-malicious-deletion-of-backups/328191 "2023-03-22T19:07:10Z")
Hi there, I'm evaluating the options to protect against malicious deletion of backups. The recommendation is usually to keep some of the backups in offline storage and give the backup process the minimum permission poss… --- ## [Unable to configure curator to archive data from Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-curator-to-archive-data-from-elasticsearch/323354)
**Author:** [@Pendela-BhargavaSai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pendela-BhargavaSai)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-configure-curator-to-archive-data-from-elasticsearch/323354 "2023-03-20T15:37:39Z")
Hi I am a newbie to Elastic search. In my project we are working on archiving data using Curator. I am trying to configure the curator with Elasticsearch but unable to do that. I am facing some connectivity issues for c… --- ## [Curator 8 not showing all indexes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-8-not-showing-all-indexes/327381)
**Author:** [@alon\_carmelly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alon_carmelly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-8-not-showing-all-indexes/327381 "2023-03-12T12:17:07Z")
I am usining : pip install -U elasticsearch-curator to get version 8 ran: curator --dry-run --config ./curator.yml ./delete\_log\_files\_curator.yml action file :slight\_smile: actions: 1: action: delete\_indices … --- ## [S3 Curator delete process slow - Is this a bad idea?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-curator-delete-process-slow-is-this-a-bad-idea/318430)
**Author:** [@jthegoodlife](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jthegoodlife)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-curator-delete-process-slow-is-this-a-bad-idea/318430 "2022-11-08T19:52:51Z")
We have a backup process using curator that is backup to S3, unfortunately, the delete job for the snapshots has not been processed. Deleting from curator is very slow for s3 and reading on the forums this is caused by t… --- ## [Curator and Elasticsearch 8](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-and-elasticsearch-8/316550)
**Author:** [@mikewillis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikewillis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-and-elasticsearch-8/316550 "2022-10-14T17:31:53Z")
I noticed today that Version Compatibility | Curator Reference \[5.8\] | Elastic does not list Elasticsearch 8. Elasticsearch curator & ES version 8.x confirms it doesn't work with Elasticsearch 8. So my questions are: … [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/tag/curator/24.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=curator)