elasticsearch jobs fail when not indice for an expected log type exists in RHOCP 4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cronjob elasticsearch-im-<type> continues to fail every time when <type> logs are not sent to logStore:

    $ oc get pods -n openshift-logging | grep -i elasticsearch-im
elasticsearch-im-app-xxxxx-xxxxx            0/1     Completed   0          2m24s
elasticsearch-im-audit-xxxxx-xxxxx          0/1     Error       0          2m24s
elasticsearch-im-infra-xxxxx-xxxxx          0/1     Completed   0          2m24s

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging (RHOL)
    • 5.8.1 and newer versions

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