# Dedicated master nodes in Elasticsearch 2.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-master-nodes-in-elasticsearch-2-0/33485>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 2, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-master-nodes-in-elasticsearch-2-0/33485 "2015-11-02T07:44:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![philips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@philips](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/philips)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-master-nodes-in-elasticsearch-2-0/33485/1 "2015-11-02T07:44:40Z")

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Prior to elasticsearch 2.0, you have to specify node.data = false and node.master = true to set dedicated master nodes. (Refer to this [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.7/modules-node.html))  
However, based on this [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.0/modules-node.html), node.master setting is no longer available. Only node.data still exists. How do set dedicated master nodes in Elasticsearch 2.0?

Thank you.

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-master-nodes-in-elasticsearch-2-0/33485/2 "2015-11-02T07:45:22Z")

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It's still valid, I'll get the docs updated to clarify.

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/14429>

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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, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-master-nodes-in-elasticsearch-2-0/33485/3 "2017-07-05T23:41:21Z")

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