In addition to reading this guide, we recommend you run the Elasticsearch Template Optimizer to fix problems in your data modeling.
It will analyze your templates to detect issues and improve search performance, reduce indexing bottlenecks and optimize storage utilization. The Template Optimizer is free and requires no installation.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log to appear. It’s important to understand the issues related to the log, so to get started, read the general overview on common issues and tips related to the Elasticsearch concepts below. Advanced users might want to skip right to the common problems section in each concept or run the template optimizer.
Overview
Metadata in Elasticsearch refers to additional information stored for each document. This is achieved using the specific metadata fields available in Elasticsearch. The default behavior of some of these metadata fields can be customized during mapping creation.
Examples
Using _meta meta-field for storing application-specific information with the mapping:
PUT /my_index?pretty
{
"mappings": {
"_meta": {
"domain": "security",
"release_information": {
"date": "18-01-2020",
"version": "7.5"
}
}
}
}Notes
- In version 2.x, Elasticsearch had a total 13 meta fields available, which are: _index, _uid, _type, _id, _source, _size, _all, _field_names, _timestamp, _ttl, _parent, _routing, _meta
- In version 5.x, _timestamp and _ttl meta fields were removed.
- In version 6.x, the _parent meta field was removed.
- In version 7.x, _uid and _all meta fields were removed.
Log Context
Log “Error updating template [{}]; request was not acknowledged” classname is TemplateUpgradeService.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
client.admin().indices().putTemplate(request; new ActionListener() { Override public void onResponse(AcknowledgedResponse response) { if (response.isAcknowledged() == false) { anyUpgradeFailed.set(true); logger.warn("Error updating template [{}]; request was not acknowledged"; change.getKey()); } tryFinishUpgrade(anyUpgradeFailed); } Override
