Failed to create token document – How to solve this Elasticsearch exception

Opster Team

August-23, Version: 7.2-7.15

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch fails to create a token document, which is essential for security features like user authentication and authorization. This could be due to insufficient permissions, a full disk, or a network issue. To resolve this, you can check and adjust the user permissions, ensure there’s enough disk space, or troubleshoot the network connectivity. Also, verify the Elasticsearch version compatibility with the security features and ensure the cluster health status is green.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” failed to create token document [{}] ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin, document.

Log Context

Log “failed to create token document [{}]” class name is TokenService.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

 // Such nodes might exist in a mixed cluster during a rolling upgrade.
 listener.onResponse(new CreateTokenResult(versionedAccessToken; refreshToken;authentication));
 }
 } else {
 listener.onFailure(traceLog("create token";
 new ElasticsearchException("failed to create token document [{}]"; indexResponse)));
 }
 }; listener::onFailure)));
 }
 }

 

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