# Cluster in Yellow due to replica not assigned
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 24, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822 "2018-08-24T00:34:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@newlearner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newlearner)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822/21 "2018-08-24T08:08:45Z")
Hi Ethan, Anything I need to do to fix this?
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### Author:  [@newlearner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newlearner)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822/22 "2018-08-24T08:44:11Z")
Hi Guys,
I was not expected this was so hard to fix these kind of issue
Can anyone help me on this please?
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### Author:  [@Ethan-Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ethan-Zhang)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822/23 "2018-08-24T08:52:26Z")
PUT .watches/\_settings
{
"settings": {
"index": {
"number\_of\_shards": "1",
"auto\_expand\_replicas": "0-1",
"provided\_name": ".watches",
"format": "6",
"creation\_date": "1534905070718",
"priority": "800",
"number\_of\_replicas": "1",
"uuid": "P4L3soP2TcqedB2yEuDtaw",
"version": {
"created": "6030299"
}
}
}
}
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### Author:  [@newlearner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newlearner)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822/24 "2018-08-24T08:59:13Z")
Getting the below error
{
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "remote\_transport\_exception",
"reason": "[K04][x.x.201.157:9300][indices:admin/settings/update]"
}
],
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "unknown setting [index.creation\_date] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings",
"suppressed": [
{
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "unknown setting [index.provided\_name] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings"
},
{
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "unknown setting [index.uuid] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings"
},
{
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "unknown setting [index.version.created] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings"
}
]
},
"status": 400
}
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### Author:  [@Ethan-Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ethan-Zhang)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822/25 "2018-08-24T09:41:37Z")
OK.., I think the .watcher index was create by the x-pack, and it can't be modified by es normal api. so, if you buy the x-pack license, you can get some official support.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-in-yellow-due-to-replica-not-assigned/145822/26 "2018-09-21T09:41:38Z")
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