TransportError(403, u'cluster_block_exception', u'blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];')

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ehsan shirzadi picture ehsan shirzadi · Dec 30, 2017 · Viewed 16.2k times · Source

When I try to store anything in elasticsearch, An error says that:

TransportError(403, u'cluster_block_exception', u'blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];')

I already inserted about 200 millions documents in my index. But I don't have an idea why this error is happening. I've tried:

curl -u elastic:changeme -XPUT 'localhost:9200/_cluster/settings' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"persistent":{"cluster.blocks.read_only":false}}'

As mentioned here: ElasticSearch entered "read only" mode, node cannot be altered

And the results is:

{"acknowledged":true,"persistent":{"cluster":{"blocks":{"read_only":"false"}}},"transient":{}}

But nothing changed. what should I do?

Answer

truman liu picture truman liu · Jan 2, 2018

Try GET yourindex/_settings, this will show yourindex settings. If read_only_allow_delete is true, then try: 

PUT /<yourindex>/_settings
{
  "index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete": null
}

I got my issue fixed.

plz refer to es config guide for more detail.

The curl command for this is 

curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/twitter/_settings?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
{
  "index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete": null
}'

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