[8.17] [Security KB] Fix setup KB (#201175) (#201436)

# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `8.17`:
- [[Security KB] Fix setup KB
(#201175)](#201175)

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Co-authored-by: Patryk Kopyciński <[email protected]>

x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/ai_assistant_data_clients/knowledge_base/index.ts

@@ -178,9 +178,22 @@ export class AIAssistantKnowledgeBaseDataClient extends AIAssistantDataClient {
   public createInferenceEndpoint = async () => {
     const elserId = await this.options.getElserId();
     this.options.logger.debug(`Deploying ELSER model '${elserId}'...`);
+    const esClient = await this.options.elasticsearchClientPromise;
+
     try {
-      const esClient = await this.options.elasticsearchClientPromise;
+      await esClient.inference.delete({
+        inference_id: ASSISTANT_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID,
+        // it's being used in the mapping so we need to force delete
+        force: true,
+      });
+      this.options.logger.debug(`Deleted existing inference endpoint for ELSER model '${elserId}'`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.options.logger.error(
+        `Error deleting inference endpoint for ELSER model '${elserId}':\n${error}`
+      );
+    }
 
+    try {
       await esClient.inference.put({
         task_type: 'sparse_embedding',
         inference_id: ASSISTANT_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID,
@@ -198,6 +211,9 @@ export class AIAssistantKnowledgeBaseDataClient extends AIAssistantDataClient {
           task_settings: {},
         },
       });
+
+      // await for the model to be deployed
+      await this.isInferenceEndpointExists();
     } catch (error) {
       this.options.logger.error(
         `Error creating inference endpoint for ELSER model '${elserId}':\n${error}`