# Creating cluster with the API **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\ **Created:** [October 4, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-cluster-with-the-api/151063 "2018-10-04T14:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JamesNotJamez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jamesnotjamez/32/45736_2.png) [@JamesNotJamez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JamesNotJamez)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-cluster-with-the-api/151063/1 "2018-10-04T14:53:47Z")
Hi, When I create a new cluster using the API, passing the json below, I get 201 status that it's been accepted but in ECE the deployment crashes with the error 'Cannot read property 'plan' of null'. ```auto 'kibana': {'cluster_name': 'py_kib', 'plan': {'cluster_topology': [{'instance_configuration_id': 'kibana', 'zone_count': 1}], 'kibana': {'version': '6.4.0'}, 'transient': {}, 'zone_count': 2}}, 'plan': {'cluster_topology': [{'instance_configuration_id': 'data.default', 'node_type': {'data': True, 'ingest': True, 'master': True, 'ml': False}, 'zone_count': 1}, {'instance_configuration_id': 'data.highstorage', 'node_type': {'data': True, 'ingest': True, 'master': True, 'ml': False}, 'zone_count': 1}], 'elasticsearch': {'curation': {'from_instance_configuration_id': 'data.default', 'to_instance_configuration_id': 'data.highstorage'}, 'version': '6.4.0'}, 'tiebreaker_topology': {'memory_per_node': 1024}}, 'settings': {'curation': {'specs': []}}} ``` ```auto TypeError: Cannot read property 'plan' of null at t.value (http://10.117.142.216:12400/app.a61f89c1e4fc0148a088.js:1:1397553) at dn (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:35450) at Tn (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:47482) at Yn (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:57315) at Kn (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:57623) at fr (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:61005) at ur (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:60514) at sr (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:60340) at ir (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:59712) at Jn (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:59071) at Object.enqueueSetState (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:67:22728) at l.i.setState (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:59:784) at l.onStateChange (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:41:224820) at Object.notify (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:67:59059) at e.notifyNestedSubs (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:67:59571) at l.onStateChange (http://10.117.142.216:12400/vendor.9b5136f2335ece1032af.js:41:224838) ``` I'm also getting this error... ```auto {'errors': [{'code': 'root.invalid_json_request', 'fields': ['plan.elasticsearch'], 'message': 'JSON request does not comply with schema: [Object is ' "missing required member 'elasticsearch']"}]} ``` when I omit elasticsearch from the plan, even though it isn't required according to the API reference at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ElasticsearchClusterPlan.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ElasticsearchClusterPlan.html) so not sure if that should be required in the docs or I'm just misunderstanding something somewhere ( more likely 🙂 ) I'm on 2.0.0 if that makes a difference too. Thanks James ---
**Author:** ![gmarz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gmarz/32/22178_2.png) [@gmarz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gmarz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-cluster-with-the-api/151063/2 "2018-10-04T19:24:35Z")
Hey @JamesNotJamez There are a few issues here: 1. The plan you are submitting is missing the `size` ([TopologySize](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/TopologySize.html)) field in the cluster topology elements. Try this instead (adjusting the `value`s as necessary): ```json { "kibana": { "cluster_name": "py_kib", "plan": { "cluster_topology": [ { "instance_configuration_id": "kibana", "zone_count": 1, "size": { "value": 1024, "resource": "memory" } } ], "kibana": { "version": "6.4.0" }, "transient": {}, "zone_count": 2 } }, "plan": { "cluster_topology": [ { "instance_configuration_id": "data.default", "node_type": { "data": true, "ingest": true, "master": true, "ml": false }, "zone_count": 1, "size": { "value": 1024, "resource": "memory" } }, { "instance_configuration_id": "data.highstorage", "node_type": { "data": true, "ingest": true, "master": false, "ml": false }, "zone_count": 1, "size": { "value": 1024, "resource": "memory" } } ], "elasticsearch": { "curation": { "from_instance_configuration_id": "data.default", "to_instance_configuration_id": "data.highstorage" }, "version": "6.4.0" }, "tiebreaker_topology": { "memory_per_node": 1024 } }, "settings": { "curation": { "specs": [] } } } ``` 1. The API gladly accepts this plan, because it is "partially" a valid way to downscale (terminate) a deployment. The issue that you've run into is a bug that has surfaced due to this partially correct plan not being properly handled by the UI. I've filed an issue for our team to fix -- but applying the corrected plan above should avoid this altogether. 2. `plan.elasticsearch` is definitely a required field (as the error indicates). This is simply a bug in our documentation -- which we'll also fix, so thank you for pointing that out! Let me know if this helps. Greg ---
**Author:** ![JamesNotJamez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jamesnotjamez/32/45736_2.png) [@JamesNotJamez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JamesNotJamez)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-cluster-with-the-api/151063/3 "2018-10-05T09:53:51Z")
Thanks Greg, that's got it working now 😁 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-cluster-with-the-api/151063/4 "2018-10-19T09:53:53Z")
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