Unable to create index in Elasticsearch

Question

I am new to Elasticsearch so I know I'm forgetting something but I don't know what.

I ran this code:

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Elasticsearch\ClientBuilder;

$client = ClientBuilder::create()->build();
$params = [
  'index' => 'my_index'
];

// Create the index
$response = $client->indices()->create($params);

But got this error:

{
  "error": {
    "root_cause": [
      {
        "type":"index_not_found_exception",
        "reason":"no such index",
        "resource.type":"index_or_alias",
        "resource.id":"elasticsearch-i.php",
        "index_uuid":"_na_",
        "index":"elasticsearch-i.php"
      }
    ],
    "type":"index_not_found_exception",
    "reason":"no such index",
    "resource.type":"index_or_alias",
    "resource.id":"elasticsearch-i.php",
    "index_uuid":"_na_",
    "index":"elasticsearch-i.php"
  },
  "status":404
}

What have you tried to debug the problem? What makes you think that it is related to PHP after all? — Nico Haase
– Nico Haase, Commented Feb 26, 2019 at 14:49
Well, you could read that error message and then check whether the requested index exists in the ES instance — Nico Haase
– Nico Haase, Commented Feb 26, 2019 at 14:53

Prime Jay · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 15:34:01Z

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I had not yet created an index on the elasticsearch server itself.

I have to create it first before I can access it on the php-api

To do that,I run:

curl -X PUT -x  "" "http://127.0.0.1:9200"/test

on the command prompt

edited Feb 26, 2019 at 15:34

answered Feb 26, 2019 at 14:59

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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There are couple of reasons not saving the index. First check your elasticsearch cluster status then try to create the index from any client.

Check Status of Elasticsearch

Health or state of the cluster

curl -X GET "localhost:9200/_cluster/health"

OR

curl -X GET "localhost:9200/_cluster/state"

OR

curl -X GET "localhost:9200/_nodes/stats"

Create Index using `curl`

curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/twitter"

Here is the simple code to create using php:

$client = ClientBuilder::create()->build();
$params = [
    'index' => 'twitter_2'
];

$response = $client->indices()->create($params);

For complete details check with https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/php-api/current/_index_management_operations.html

edited Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12

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answered Feb 26, 2019 at 18:39

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