The security index is not yet available – no role mappings can be loaded – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

Aug-23, Version: 6.8-8.9

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch’s security feature is enabled, but the security index is not yet available. This prevents the loading of role mappings, which are essential for defining user access permissions. To resolve this issue, you can try the following: 1) Ensure that the Elasticsearch cluster is fully initialized and all nodes are up and running. 2) Check the status of the security index and if it’s not available, recreate it. 3) Verify the configuration settings related to security features. 4) Restart Elasticsearch after making necessary changes.

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Log Context

Log “The security index is not yet available – no role mappings can be loaded” classname is NativeRoleMappingStore.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

    private void getMappings(ActionListener> listener) {
        if (securityIndex.isAvailable()) {
            loadMappings(listener);
        } else {
            logger.info("The security index is not yet available - no role mappings can be loaded");
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug(
                    "Security Index [{}] [exists: {}] [available: {}]";
                    SECURITY_MAIN_ALIAS;
                    securityIndex.indexExists();

 

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