If you want to use an azure repository; you need to define a client configuration. – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

July-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

Before you begin reading this guide, we recommend you try running the Elasticsearch Error Check-Up which analyzes 2 JSON files to detect many configuration errors.

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch is unable to use an Azure repository because the client configuration has not been defined. To resolve the issue, define the client configuration with the necessary credentials and settings.

To easily locate the root cause and resolve this issue try AutoOps for Elasticsearch & OpenSearch. It diagnoses problems by analyzing hundreds of metrics collected by a lightweight agent and offers guidance for resolving them.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” If you want to use an azure repository; you need to define a client configuration. ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: repositories, plugins, client, repository-azure and azure.


Log Context

Log “If you want to use an azure repository; you need to define a client configuration.”classname  is AzureRepositoryPlugin.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

@Override
 public void reload(Settings settings) {
 // secure settings should be readable
 final Map clientsSettings = AzureStorageSettings.load(settings);
 if (clientsSettings.isEmpty()) {
 throw new SettingsException("If you want to use an azure repository; you need to define a client configuration.");
 }
 azureStoreService.refreshAndClearCache(clientsSettings);
 }
 }

 

See how you can use AutoOps to resolve issues


How helpful was this guide?

We are sorry that this post was not useful for you!

Let us improve this post!

Tell us how we can improve this post?

Analyze your cluster & get personalized recommendations

Skip to content