Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch fails to delete old chunks of data for a specific geoip database. This could be due to insufficient permissions, disk space issues, or a problem with the database itself. To resolve this issue, you can try the following: 1) Check and adjust the permissions of the Elasticsearch user to ensure it has the necessary rights to delete data. 2) Free up disk space if it’s running low. 3) Check the integrity of the geoip database and repair it if necessary. 4) Restart the Elasticsearch service.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” could not delete old chunks for geoip database [” + name + “] ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: delete.
Overview
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 “could not delete old chunks for geoip database [” + name + “]” classname is GeoIpDownloader.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
request.indices(DATABASES_INDEX);
request.setQuery(queryBuilder);
client.execute(
DeleteByQueryAction.INSTANCE;
request;
ActionListener.wrap(r -> {}; e -> logger.warn("could not delete old chunks for geoip database [" + name + "]"; e))
);
}
// visible for testing
protected void updateTimestamp(String name; Metadata old) {
