Updated: Jan-20
Elasticsearch Version: 1.7-8.0
Background
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To troubleshoot log “Unable to delete global metadata file” it’s important to understand a few problems related to Elasticsearch concepts blobstore, delete, discovery-file, metadata, repositories, repository-azure. See bellow important tips and explanations on these concepts
DELETE Elasticsearch API
What is it
DELETE is an Elasticsearch API which removes a document from a specific index. This API requires an index name and _id document to delete the document.
Delete a document
DELETE /my_index/_doc/1
Notes
- A delete request throws 404 error code if the document does not already exist in the index.
- If you want to delete a set of documents that matches a query, you need to use delete by query API.
Log Context
Log”Unable to delete global metadata file [{}]” classname is BlobStoreRepository.java
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
} catch (IOException e) {
if (snapshotInfo != null) {
logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("[{}] Unable to delete global metadata file [{}]";
snapshotInfo.snapshotId(); blobId); e);
} else {
logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("Unable to delete global metadata file [{}]"; blobId); e);
}
}
}
private void deleteIndexMetaDataBlobIgnoringErrors(final SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo; final IndexId indexId) {
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