Before you begin reading this guide, we recommend you try running the Elasticsearch Error Check-Up which analyzes 2 JSON files to detect many configuration errors.
Briefly, this error message typically occurs when Elasticsearch receives an improperly formatted URL in a client request. This can be caused by incorrect syntax or missing components, such as the hostname or protocol. To resolve this issue, ensure that the URL is correctly formatted and that all required components are included.
To easily locate the root cause and resolve this issue try AutoOps for Elasticsearch & OpenSearch. It diagnoses problems by analyzing hundreds of metrics collected by a lightweight agent and offers guidance for resolving them.
Take a self-guided product tour to see for yourself (no registration required).This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” malformed URL ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: blobstore.
Log Context
Log “malformed URL”classname is URLBlobStore.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
@Override
public BlobContainer blobContainer(BlobPath path) {
try {
return new URLBlobContainer(this; path; buildPath(path));
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
throw new BlobStoreException("malformed URL " + path; ex);
}
}
@Override
public void close() {
