Elasticsearch: Unable to set script.allowed_types/allowed_contexts in elasticsearch.yml

[ycombinator]

Elasticsearch version: master, with build_date: 2017-05-22T16:59:52.342Z and build_hash: 5ae48f7

Plugins installed: []

JVM version (java -version): 1.8.0_121

OS version (uname -a if on a Unix-like system): Mac OS X 10.12.4

Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:

I was unable to set either the script.allowed_types or the script.allowed_contexts setting in elasticsearch.yml. Upon starting up Elasticsearch, the following exception is thrown:

org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [script.allowed_contexts] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings

Complete stack trace is further below.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Edit elasticsearch.yml.
2. Set script.allowed_types: none.
3. Start elasticsearch.
4. Repeat steps for script.allowed_contexts: none.

Provide logs (if relevant):

[2017-05-22T10:56:43,463][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [script.allowed_contexts] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [script.allowed_contexts] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
        at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:293) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:256) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.<init>(SettingsModule.java:139) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:332) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:241) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:330) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT]
        ... 6 more

[s1monw]

@jdconrad can you take a look

[jdconrad]

Argh, I think I simply typed the setting names incorrectly :/

Edit: I made a mistake here with the setting name versus documentation that I need to fix. Will get this fixed shortly.

[ycombinator]

Yep, those worked! Sounds like this is just a doc update issue then. Thanks @jdconrad!

[jdconrad]

@ycombinator I'm actually going to change this to match the documentation, so please don't get attached to the current ones.