# After upgrading from 7.7.18 to 8.15.1 I DO NOT see nodes folder **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 24, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrading-from-7-7-18-to-8-15-1-i-do-not-see-nodes-folder/367058 "2024-09-24T15:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@devin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrading-from-7-7-18-to-8-15-1-i-do-not-see-nodes-folder/367058/1 "2024-09-24T15:06:00Z")
Hello, Hoping some one can help solve me this puzzle, I was previously on ES-7.7.18 and I just upgraded to 8.15.1 but as opposed to ES-7.7.18 I do not see nodes folder created in ES-8.15.1 and Instead all I see is a nodes file created which has this written in it " written by Elasticsearch 8.15.1 to prevent a downgrade to a version prior to v8.0.0 which would result in data loss" I am confused why nodes folder is not created in ES-8.15.1 Below are components of /data folder 0 -rw-r-----. 1 elastic elastic 0 Sep 9 19:24 node.lock 4 -rw-r-----. 1 elastic elastic 115 Sep 9 19:24 nodes 0 drwxr-x---. 2 elastic elastic 42 Sep 21 17:37 snapshot\_cache 4 drwxr-x---. 20 elastic elastic 4096 Sep 21 17:57 indices 8 drwxr-x---. 2 elastic elastic 4096 Sep 21 19:16 \_state Below are my settings in elasticsearch.yml file cluster.name: mysearchCluster discovery.seed\_hosts: ["IP-OF-MY-ELASTIC-SERVER"] xpack.security.enabled: false am I MISSING SOMETHING ? Any help will be appreciated ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrading-from-7-7-18-to-8-15-1-i-do-not-see-nodes-folder/367058/2 "2024-09-24T15:09:23Z")
That's the expected behaviour since 8.0.0. ---
**Author:** ![devin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@devin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrading-from-7-7-18-to-8-15-1-i-do-not-see-nodes-folder/367058/3 "2024-09-24T15:10:51Z")
Thanks a lot David. That helps !!