# All shards are unassigned, no index name in \_cat/shards
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 13, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455 "2017-01-13T01:34:03Z")
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### Author:  [@George\_Luka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Luka)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455/1 "2017-01-13T01:34:03Z")
Hi All,
After running the \_cat/shards command I get the below,
warning 3 p STARTED 0 160b 10.0.0.4 Karl Mordo
warning 3 r UNASSIGNED
warning 2 p STARTED 0 160b 10.0.0.4 Karl Mordo
warning 2 r UNASSIGNED
warning 4 p STARTED 0 160b 10.0.0.4 Karl Mordo
warning 4 r UNASSIGNED
warning 1 p STARTED 0 160b 10.0.0.4 Karl Mordo
warning 1 r UNASSIGNED
warning 0 p STARTED 0 160b 10.0.0.4 Karl Mordo
warning 0 r UNASSIGNED
It did not mention index name , and mentioned "Warning"
I was trying to use the below script to reassign the shards, however it would not work as the index name does not exist as mentioned above
for shard in $(curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/\_cat/shards](http://localhost:9200/_cat/shards) | grep UNASSIGNED | awk '{print $2}'); do
curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/\_cluster/reroute' -d '{
"commands" : [ {
"allocate" : {
"index" : "t37",
"shard" : $shard,
"node" : "datanode15",
"allow\_primary" : true
}
}
]
}'
sleep 5
done
also note when I open the \elasticsearch-2.3.4\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices
I found no indexes, only a "warning" folder, however the rest from 1 to 5 all have data for the indexes
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455/2 "2017-01-13T02:27:01Z")
Is this cluster internet facing?
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### Author:  [@George\_Luka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Luka)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455/3 "2017-01-13T02:32:18Z")
yes it is , it is currently single node, 5 shards
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455/4 "2017-01-13T02:32:50Z")
Then you have been hit by [Ransom attack on Elasticsearch cluster?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ransom-attack-on-elasticsearch-cluster/71310)
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### Author:  [@George\_Luka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Luka)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455/5 "2017-01-13T03:19:43Z")
Thanks very much for pointing me to this , unfortunately that is exactly what happened , as per the link above sadly I will have to create a new secured cluster
Thanks again for your prompt response.
George
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-shards-are-unassigned-no-index-name-in--cat-shards/71455/6 "2017-02-10T03:19:59Z")
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