[es] extra safetly belt for index creation

es.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from elasticsearch.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from elasticsearch.exceptions import ConnectionError, TransportError
 from urllib3.exceptions import ProtocolError
 from elasticsearch_dsl.connections import connections
 
@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@
                                                timeout=20)
             try:
                 if not es.indices.exists(index=index_name):
-                    es.indices.create(index=index_name,
-                                      body=settings)
+                    try:
+                        es.indices.create(index=index_name,
+                                          body=settings)
+                    except TransportError:
+                        log.error('Failed to create index {}'.format(index_name))
             except (ConnectionError, ProtocolError):
                 log.debug('Failed to index in hook, could not connect to ES')
             return es