# AWS Elasticsearch Service and "Deflector exists as an index and is not an alias"

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-elasticsearch-service-and-deflector-exists-as-an-index-and-is-not-an-alias/2593>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [September 26, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-elasticsearch-service-and-deflector-exists-as-an-index-and-is-not-an-alias/2593 "2017-09-26T15:54:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![adrianlyjak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adrianlyjak](https://community.graylog.org/u/adrianlyjak)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-elasticsearch-service-and-deflector-exists-as-an-index-and-is-not-an-alias/2593/1 "2017-09-26T15:54:34Z")

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I am attempting to setup graylog 2.3.1 with AWS Elasticsearch service, but I keep getting “Deflector exists as an index and is not an alias” errors.  
I stopped the graylog server and deleted the index without success. (as specified in [Deflector exists as an index and is not an alias](https://community.graylog.org/t/deflector-exists-as-an-index-and-is-not-an-alias/2014) and [Deflector exists as an index and is not an alias- graylog OVA 2.3](https://community.graylog.org/t/deflector-exists-as-an-index-and-is-not-an-alias-graylog-ova-2-3/2013)) Any thoughts on what could be wrong?

System:  
using the 2.3.1 AMI for graylog configured as server.  
elasticsearch 5.5 cluster  
Edit /opt/graylog/conf/graylog.conf setting the elasticsearch\_hosts

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**Author:** ![adrianlyjak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adrianlyjak](https://community.graylog.org/u/adrianlyjak)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-elasticsearch-service-and-deflector-exists-as-an-index-and-is-not-an-alias/2593/2 "2017-09-26T19:47:12Z")

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looks like the problem was caused by

```auto
elasticsearch_discovery_enabled = true

```

changing to false fixed

```auto
elasticsearch_discovery_enabled = false

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/aws-elasticsearch-service-and-deflector-exists-as-an-index-and-is-not-an-alias/2593/3 "2017-10-10T19:47:18Z")

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Closed on October 10, 2017, 7:47pm UTC

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