# Curator: possible to exclude nodes by attr?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-possible-to-exclude-nodes-by-attr/156079>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 9, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-possible-to-exclude-nodes-by-attr/156079 "2018-11-09T15:42:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Tomski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Thomas\_Tomski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas_Tomski)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-possible-to-exclude-nodes-by-attr/156079/1 "2018-11-09T15:42:52Z")

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Hi All!

I need to extend our els cluster with 4 nodes on which only old and shrinked data should be stored.  
This should be done with Curator, indecies older than 8 days should be shrinked, and stored with the prefix "-shrink" **only** on the 4 new "archive Nodes".

As far as I found out, this can be configured via the "node\_filters: exclude\_nodes: " by listing all Nodes with their Names except the "Archive Nodes", is this correct ?

Another question I have if it is possible to set a label or an attribute to the archive and live Nodes and exclude them via the Label or Attribute ?

As far as I found out its only possible to exclude the nodes via their names, is this correct ?

Best regards, Thomas

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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:** [December 7, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-possible-to-exclude-nodes-by-attr/156079/2 "2018-12-07T15:42:53Z")

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