[Solved] ElasticSearch Startup Error: error updating geoip database

Problem Description:

Error when launching elasticsearch:
error updating geoip database

[2021-12-22T21:07:11,944][INFO ][o.e.i.g.GeoIpDownloader  ] [DESKTOP-5JGQJR8] updating geoip database [GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb]
[2021-12-22T21:07:13,022][ERROR][o.e.i.g.GeoIpDownloader  ] [DESKTOP-5JGQJR8] error updating geoip database [GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb]
org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException: index [.geoip_databases] blocked by: [TOO_MANY_REQUESTS/12/disk usage exceeded flood-stage watermark, index has read-only-allow-delete block];

Cause analysis:

This is a bug


Solution:

Add the following configuration to elasticsearch.yml:

ingest.geoip.downloader.enabled: false

Turn off geoip database updates

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