# Discovery-EC2 - master not discovered yet, this node has not previously joined a bootstrapped cluster, and \[cluster.initial\_master\_nodes\] is empty on this node: have discovered

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-ec2-master-not-discovered-yet-this-node-has-not-previously-joined-a-bootstrapped-cluster-and-cluster-initial-master-nodes-is-empty-on-this-node-have-discovered/349493>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 16, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-ec2-master-not-discovered-yet-this-node-has-not-previously-joined-a-bootstrapped-cluster-and-cluster-initial-master-nodes-is-empty-on-this-node-have-discovered/349493 "2023-12-16T15:55:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-ec2-master-not-discovered-yet-this-node-has-not-previously-joined-a-bootstrapped-cluster-and-cluster-initial-master-nodes-is-empty-on-this-node-have-discovered/349493/2 "2023-12-16T17:38:59Z")

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> [@lakshmikandan](#):
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> `... for troubleshooting guidance, see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.11/discovery-troubleshooting.html`

Did you try that?

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