Unable to save documents to Elasticsearch index

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Unable to save documents to Elasticsearch index, getting the following error while saving

 err: { Error: [cluster_block_exception] index [events] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];
    at respond (/Users/experimental/githome/foo/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:308:15)
    at checkRespForFailure (/Users/experimental/githome/foo/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:267:7)
    at HttpConnector.<anonymous> (/Users/experimental/githome/foo/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connectors/http.js:165:7)
    at IncomingMessage.wrapper (/Users/experimental/githome/foo/node_modules/lodash/lodash.js:4949:19)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:187:15)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1094:12)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)
  status: 403,
  displayName: 'AuthorizationException',
  message:
   '[cluster_block_exception] index [events] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];',
  path: '/events/events',
  query: {},
  body:
   '{"user":"foo"}',
  statusCode: 403,
  response:
   '{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"cluster_block_exception","reason":"index [events] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"}],"type":"cluster_block_exception","reason":"index [events] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"},"status":403}',
  toString: [Function],
  toJSON: [Function] }

1 Answer

5 years ago by

Run the following on ES

PUT events/_settings
{
  "index": {
    "blocks": {
      "read_only_allow_delete": "false"
    }
  }
}

This should fix the problem, also cross-check your disk space. The reason could be low disk space.

5 years ago by Eleven