# Elastic Orchestration

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/orchestration/85.md?page=37

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## [ECE Unhealthy platform, internal server error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-unhealthy-platform-internal-server-error/222714)

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**Author:** [@mesiasc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mesiasc)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-unhealthy-platform-internal-server-error/222714 "2020-03-25T11:13:20Z")

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My ECE had hosting related problems. I lost the host which was initially the first installed host. This left two remaining hosts. The ECE UI shows "There was an internal server error" The platform was initially installe…

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## [Easiest way to get a dashboard?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easiest-way-to-get-a-dashboard/224912)

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**Author:** [@tew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easiest-way-to-get-a-dashboard/224912 "2020-03-25T08:19:00Z")

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I have the ES operator installed and running an ES cluster. I'd like to get a grafana dashboard running. Is there a walkthrough on enabling the metrics and installing a generic dashboard? Thank you.

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## [VolumeClaim emptyDir overwrite not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/volumeclaim-emptydir-overwrite-not-working/224809)

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**Author:** [@TatsuKishi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TatsuKishi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/volumeclaim-emptydir-overwrite-not-working/224809 "2020-03-24T16:07:26Z")

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Hey, I'm trying to disable the PVC for a client/ingest nodeset like stated in documentation, however ECK is still creating the 1gb volume. nodeSet config: nodesets\[client\].config.podTemplate.volumes: - emptyDir: {} …

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## [Watcher- cannot update mail settings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674)

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**Author:** [@liorg2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liorg2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-cannot-update-mail-settings/224674 "2020-03-23T18:31:40Z")

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hello, can you please assist with the following error? I'm trying to configure smtp in order to use watcher

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## [Kibana logs in cloud.elastic.co](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logs-in-cloud-elastic-co/224675)

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**Author:** [@liorg2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liorg2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logs-in-cloud-elastic-co/224675 "2020-03-23T14:35:54Z")

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hello, can I access kibana logs in the elastic cloud? if yes- then where should I look for them? I only have one 'Logs' in the menu under elasticsearch thanks!

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## [How to setup external remote cluster?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-external-remote-cluster/222016)

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**Author:** [@Matthieu\_Paret](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matthieu_Paret)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-external-remote-cluster/222016 "2020-03-21T06:19:12Z")

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Hello here, ECK added support to local remote cluster but how to manually add a remote cluster ? (both are running through ECK) How should we retrieve certificate and inject these into the other cluster ? Thanks if som…

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## [Cannot create deployments in ECE](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-deployments-in-ece/224184)

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**Author:** [@akimbah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akimbah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-deployments-in-ece/224184 "2020-03-20T16:13:05Z")

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I'm unable to create deployments. When I go to create deployments I get a "fetching regions failed" error.

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## [Cannot initialize SSL - Invalid keystore format](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-initialize-ssl-invalid-keystore-format/223615)

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**Author:** [@YaSe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YaSe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-initialize-ssl-invalid-keystore-format/223615 "2020-03-20T13:30:33Z")

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Hello all, I have installed an Elasticsearch cluster (ECK) in my Kubernetes cluster (GKE) by using this tutorial. I retrived the CA certificat tls.crt created by my ECK. Then, I used the following command to create a t…

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## [How to create Keystore and Truststore from CA Certificates](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-keystore-and-truststore-from-ca-certificates/224156)

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**Author:** [@YaSe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YaSe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-keystore-and-truststore-from-ca-certificates/224156 "2020-03-20T12:25:50Z")

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Hello folks, I installed ECK on GKE. I retrieved certificate tls.crt with the following command kubectl get secret "hulk-es-http-certs-public" -o go-template='{{index .data "tls.crt" | base64decode }}' \> tls.crt I gen…

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## [Kibana 7.6.0 With ECK has high cpu usage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-6-0-with-eck-has-high-cpu-usage/224398)

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**Author:** [@Mugen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mugen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-6-0-with-eck-has-high-cpu-usage/224398 "2020-03-20T11:11:03Z")

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We used to run Kibnana 6.2 with the offical Docker-Image and had a systemload of about 0.2 for the two containers we used. Recently we switched to ECK and Kibana 7.6 and the load of the container is between 0.5 and 2.3. …

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## [An election requires a node with id \[STALE\_STATE\_CONFIG\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-election-requires-a-node-with-id-stale-state-config/224146)

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**Author:** [@admidelu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/admidelu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-election-requires-a-node-with-id-stale-state-config/224146 "2020-03-18T18:19:00Z")

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Hey, can't seem to form a cluster using defaults, logs: {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-03-18T14:54:03,323Z", "level": "WARN", "component": "o.e.c.c.ClusterFormationFailureHelper", "cluster.name": "ig-cluster", "n…

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## [How to scale up and down nodes automatically?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scale-up-and-down-nodes-automatically/224089)

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**Author:** [@doctor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/doctor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scale-up-and-down-nodes-automatically/224089 "2020-03-18T13:33:35Z")

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Hey, I am searching for a way to scale up and down ES nodes automatically at runtime. I know I can update the "kind: Elasticsearch" yaml to change the number of nodes in the cluster but can this be done by itself? Is …

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## [Cert error connecting standalone vm logstash to docker ece build?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cert-error-connecting-standalone-vm-logstash-to-docker-ece-build/221109)

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**Author:** [@lcarr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lcarr)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cert-error-connecting-standalone-vm-logstash-to-docker-ece-build/221109 "2020-03-16T22:35:37Z")

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We are finding that the standalone logstash does not connect over to the ece build on docker. We are getting certificate errors. Is that because of stunnel handling the TLS activity or is there something else that we a…

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## [Where are Keystore and Truststore: How can Spark communicate with ECK by using SSL](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-keystore-and-truststore-how-can-spark-communicate-with-eck-by-using-ssl/223029)

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**Author:** [@YaSe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YaSe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-are-keystore-and-truststore-how-can-spark-communicate-with-eck-by-using-ssl/223029 "2020-03-14T12:38:40Z")

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Hello, I followed this link to install ECK and now I want to use Spark with ECK by using SSL. I read the following documentation. However for the following configuration I don't know where to find the keystore and trust…

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## [Cannot install ECE onto Ubuntu 16.04](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-ece-onto-ubuntu-16-04/222961)

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**Author:** [@akimbah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akimbah)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-ece-onto-ubuntu-16-04/222961 "2020-03-12T18:20:09Z")

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I am attempting to install ECE 2.4.3 onto an EC2 instance of Ubuntu 16.04. Keep getting stuck in this portion. Attached a screenshot of the --debug information above. Please advise

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## [OIDC client\_secret elasticsearch-keystore](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/oidc-client-secret-elasticsearch-keystore/223220)

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**Author:** [@Victor\_Sartori](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Victor_Sartori)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/oidc-client-secret-elasticsearch-keystore/223220 "2020-03-11T21:06:15Z")

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I'm trying to use OIDC auth on ES. But If you follow the docs https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/oidc-guide-authentication.html, has a step to add manually the client secret on elasticsearch-key…

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## [Configuration parameter syntax for nodeSelector?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-parameter-syntax-for-nodeselector/222528)

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**Author:** [@danielP1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielP1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-parameter-syntax-for-nodeselector/222528 "2020-03-11T17:17:13Z")

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Greetings, I'm attempting to deploy elasticsearch onto k8s with the elasticsearch helm chart: I would like to constrain on which nodes the elastisearch components run. I see in the documentation there is a configur…

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## [Elastic cloud entreprise - saml](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-entreprise-saml/222705)

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**Author:** [@raphperrin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raphperrin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-entreprise-saml/222705 "2020-03-11T14:28:28Z")

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Hi I am trying to configure the SAML authentication to secure one of my elastic cloud cluster. I added the configuration "user\_bundles": \[ { "name": "saml-metadata", "url": "https://servername/saml-metadata.zip", …

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## [Evaluation Cluster - Unable to Scale to Second Zone](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/evaluation-cluster-unable-to-scale-to-second-zone/222967)

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**Author:** [@gfidler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gfidler)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/evaluation-cluster-unable-to-scale-to-second-zone/222967 "2020-03-11T12:23:35Z")

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Summary I am deploying a baseline cluster in AWS for evaluation. The software configuration and deployment on both nodes seems correct, according to the documentation. VM memory settings are default. (I had issues set…

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## [How to run ES in a separate namespace from clients?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-es-in-a-separate-namespace-from-clients/222802)

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**Author:** [@tew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tew)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-es-in-a-separate-namespace-from-clients/222802 "2020-03-10T22:37:09Z")

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I want to put my elasticsearch pods in a separate namespace but I'm not sure how to accomplish this. I have clients running in 2 other namespaces that will need to access the elastic cluster. The secret containing the…

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## [Spark on k8s can't authenticate to ECK](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-on-k8s-cant-authenticate-to-eck/222764)

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**Author:** [@YaSe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YaSe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-on-k8s-cant-authenticate-to-eck/222764 "2020-03-10T13:18:06Z")

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Hello everyone, I am very excited by using Elasticsearch on Kubernetes with Spark but I cant' authenticate my job to it. I successfully installed ECK (without TLS =\> for test) on my GKE cluster with the following templ…

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## [ECE on Virtual Machines](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-on-virtual-machines/222580)

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**Author:** [@tlazarus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tlazarus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ece-on-virtual-machines/222580 "2020-03-08T06:27:50Z")

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I'm hoping that someone else is running ECE on top of virtual machines, preferably on-premise, and would be willing to discuss their configuration. Using virtual machines rather than a bare-metal deployment obviously com…

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## [Uninstalling ECK - hangs forever](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstalling-eck-hangs-forever/215521)

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**Author:** [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstalling-eck-hangs-forever/215521 "2020-03-05T16:30:25Z")

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Hello World! I'm tried to follow Uninstalling ECK | Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes \[1.0\] | Elastic, however bellow commands hangs forever: $ kubectl get namespaces --no-headers -o custom-columns=:metadata.name \\ \> | xargs…

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## [Can't remove allicator role from first host](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-remove-allicator-role-from-first-host/221923)

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**Author:** [@andrew.luke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrew.luke)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-remove-allicator-role-from-first-host/221923 "2020-03-05T12:24:58Z")

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We've deployed a 2 AZ ECE enclave (for lack of a better term). The first host has all the roles enabled on it by default. We've added other hot/warm allocators in each AZ, and we're trying to move the running nodes/ins…

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## [How to increase elastic pod volume](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-elastic-pod-volume/222217)

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**Author:** [@pingz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pingz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-increase-elastic-pod-volume/222217 "2020-03-05T09:29:09Z")

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My cluster is in yellow state as it does not have enough space to allow shard. I initially tried to increase EBS volume size, but elastic node does not seem to recognize the added storage by querying /\_cat/allocation?…

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## [Adding Tag to Allocator gives "internal server error" message](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-tag-to-allocator-gives-internal-server-error-message/222104)

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**Author:** [@lcarr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lcarr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-tag-to-allocator-gives-internal-server-error-message/222104 "2020-03-04T17:40:13Z")

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When we try to add a tag to the allocator we are getting an "internal server error" - the server configuration is 16GB of RAM to 50Gb of storage - could this error be due to the lack of storage available? We thought it …

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## [Install script failing with python error (new)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-script-failing-with-python-error-new/221082)

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**Author:** [@andrew.luke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrew.luke)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-script-failing-with-python-error-new/221082 "2020-03-03T17:27:00Z")

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This morning we had two different groups setting up a new ECE lab on prem and in Azure. Both are hitting the same error with the install script. We are both installing on RHEL 7.7 that has been prepared according to th…

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## [Remove instance from ECE cluster on ECE 2.4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-instance-from-ece-cluster-on-ece-2-4/218005)

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**Author:** [@tazikm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tazikm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-instance-from-ece-cluster-on-ece-2-4/218005 "2020-02-06T21:28:14Z")

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Hi, I want to remove definively an instance from one of my cluster on ECE 2.4 please let know how to complete this thanks in advance Kamal

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## [Error migrating elastic search from 7.5.0 to 7.6.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-migrating-elastic-search-from-7-5-0-to-7-6-0/219841)

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**Author:** [@Benoit\_V](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benoit_V)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-migrating-elastic-search-from-7-5-0-to-7-6-0/219841 "2020-03-02T09:45:47Z")

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Hello, when updating my elasticsearch cluster from 7.5.0 to 7.6.0, the new pods do not start due to a file permission issue: ERROR: File ..data/elastic-internal-probe (target of symlink /mnt/elastic-internal/probe-user…

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## [ECK with NFS shared persistent volume](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-with-nfs-shared-persistent-volume/221073)

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**Author:** [@SergeyK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SergeyK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-with-nfs-shared-persistent-volume/221073 "2020-03-02T09:29:45Z")

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Hi, Did somebody manage to deploy Elasticserach with shared NFS volume (one volume for all pods)? All my nodes are in VMs (above private lab bare metal servers). There is dedicated NFS server created and all k8s nodes h…

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