# Unable to create \_opendistro index in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-create-opendistro-index-in-elasticsearch/4938>\
**Category:** General Feedback\
**Created:** [February 10, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-create-opendistro-index-in-elasticsearch/4938 "2021-02-10T12:49:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pavithra\_Arul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@Pavithra\_Arul](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Pavithra_Arul)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-create-opendistro-index-in-elasticsearch/4938/1 "2021-02-10T12:49:59Z")

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‘{“error”:{“root\_cause”:[{“type”:“invalid\_index\_name\_exception”,“reason”:“Invalid index name [_opendistro], must not start with '_', '-', or '+'”,“index\_uuid”:“_na_”,“index”:“\_opendistro”}],“type”:“invalid\_index\_name\_exception”,“reason”:“Invalid index name [_opendistro], must not start with '_', '-', or '+'”,“index\_uuid”:“_na_”,“index”:“\_opendistro”},“status”:400}’,  
toString: [Function],  
toJSON: [Function] }

Need help!!!

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**Author:** ![mmamaenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mmamaenko](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/mmamaenko)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-create-opendistro-index-in-elasticsearch/4938/2 "2021-02-10T14:28:59Z")

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According to error message index name cannot start with “\_”