# Cluster status RED for one index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-status-red-for-one-index/44871>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 18, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-status-red-for-one-index/44871 "2016-03-18T21:30:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![irumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@irumman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irumman)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-status-red-for-one-index/44871/1 "2016-03-18T21:30:13Z")

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Hi,

This is first post here as I started working with ES recently.  
I am using ES of AWS where I have daily log indexing on ES. Currently my cluster is status RED. I found that one of the index is read and the status of that index as follows:

{  
"cluster\_name" : "abc',  
"status" : "red",  
"timed\_out" : false,  
"number\_of\_nodes" : 11,  
"number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 11,  
"active\_primary\_shards" : 1,  
"active\_shards" : 2,  
"relocating\_shards" : 0,  
"initializing\_shards" : 0,  
"unassigned\_shards" : 8,  
"number\_of\_pending\_tasks" : 0,  
"indices" : {  
"cwl-2016.02.19" : {  
"status" : "red",  
"number\_of\_shards" : 5,  
"number\_of\_replicas" : 1,  
"active\_primary\_shards" : 1,  
"active\_shards" : 2,  
"relocating\_shards" : 0,  
"initializing\_shards" : 0,  
"unassigned\_shards" : 8,  
"shards" : {  
"0" : {  
"status" : "red",  
"primary\_active" : false,  
"active\_shards" : 0,  
"relocating\_shards" : 0,  
"initializing\_shards" : 0,  
"unassigned\_shards" : 2  
},  
"1" : {  
"status" : "red",  
"primary\_active" : false,  
"active\_shards" : 0,  
"relocating\_shards" : 0,  
"initializing\_shards" : 0,  
"unassigned\_shards" : 2  
},  
"2" : {  
"status" : "red",  
"primary\_active" : false,  
"active\_shards" : 0,  
"relocating\_shards" : 0,  
"initializing\_shards" : 0,  
"unassigned\_shards" : 2  
},  
"3" : {  
"status" : "green",  
"primary\_active" : true,  
"active\_shards" : 2,  
"relocating\_shards" : 0,  
"initializing\_shards" : 0,  
"unassigned\_shards" : 0  
},  
"4" : {  
"status" : "red",  
"primary\_active" : false,  
"active\_shards" : 0,  
"relocating\_shards" : 0,  
"initializing\_shards" : 0,  
"unassigned\_shards" : 2  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

What should I do on it?  
Please advice.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-status-red-for-one-index/44871/2 "2016-03-18T22:16:32Z")

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You should check the ES logs to find out what is happening to the shard, it'll be unassigned for some reason.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-status-red-for-one-index/44871/3 "2017-07-05T23:06:59Z")

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