# \[discovery.zen \] \[Masters, Alicia\] master\_left , reason \[failed to ping, tried \[3\] times, each with maximum \[30s\] timeout\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 17, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-masters-alicia-master-left-reason-failed-to-ping-tried-3-times-each-with-maximum-30s-timeout/13653 "2013-09-17T17:18:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wei\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Wei\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wei_Zhang)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-masters-alicia-master-left-reason-failed-to-ping-tried-3-times-each-with-maximum-30s-timeout/13653/1 "2013-09-17T17:18:41Z")
I got following error when I try to start a new elasticsearch install: [2013-09-17 10:05:46,288][INFO][discovery.zen] [Masters, Alicia] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/10.67.93.32:9300]]], reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] timeout] Following is what I did: curl -O [https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip](https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip) unzip elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip cd elasticsearch-0.90.4/bin ./elasticsearch -f uname -a Linux hostname 2.6.32-042stab079.5 #1 SMP Fri Aug 2 17:16:15 MSK 2013 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux java -version java version "1.7.0\_25" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.3.10.4.el6\_4-x86\_64) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode) more elasticsearch.log [2013-09-17 09:28:09,041][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] version[0.90.4], pid[17649], build[8cb1a9b/2013-09-16T14:11:00Z] [2013-09-17 09:28:09,043][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] initializing ... [2013-09-17 09:28:09,050][INFO][plugins] [Archie Corrigan] loaded [], sites [] [2013-09-17 09:28:11,968][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] initialized [2013-09-17 09:28:11,968][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] starting ... [2013-09-17 09:28:12,167][INFO][transport] [Archie Corrigan] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address {ine t[/10.67.85.210:9300]} [2013-09-17 09:28:16,343][INFO][discovery.zen] [Archie Corrigan] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/10.67.93.32:9300 ]]], reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] timeout] [2013-09-17 09:28:16,347][INFO][discovery] [Archie Corrigan] elasticsearch/fn7lg1I9SXKBhFSyfYRw1w [2013-09-17 09:28:16,354][INFO][http] [Archie Corrigan] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address {ine t[/10.67.85.210:9200]} [2013-09-17 09:28:16,354][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] started [2013-09-17 09:50:59,403][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.state] [Archie Corrigan] Serving cluster state request using version 0 [2013-09-17 09:52:04,000][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] stopping ... [2013-09-17 09:52:04,024][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] stopped [2013-09-17 09:52:04,024][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] closing ... [2013-09-17 09:52:04,029][INFO][node] [Archie Corrigan] closed [2013-09-17 10:05:37,838][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] version[0.90.4], pid[17984], build[8cb1a9b/2013-09-16T14:11:00Z] [2013-09-17 10:05:37,839][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] initializing ... [2013-09-17 10:05:37,851][INFO][plugins] [Masters, Alicia] loaded [], sites [] [2013-09-17 10:05:41,796][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] initialized [2013-09-17 10:05:41,797][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] starting ... [2013-09-17 10:05:42,111][INFO][transport] [Masters, Alicia] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address {ine t[/10.67.85.210:9300]} [2013-09-17 10:05:46,288][INFO][discovery.zen] [Masters, Alicia] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/10.67.93.32:9300 ]]], reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] timeout] [2013-09-17 10:05:46,295][INFO][discovery] [Masters, Alicia] elasticsearch/Bccg0dYlRkSfbkViVNO7MQ [2013-09-17 10:05:46,305][INFO][http] [Masters, Alicia] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address {ine t[/10.67.85.210:9200]} [2013-09-17 10:05:46,305][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] started [2013-09-17 10:15:12,255][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] stopping ... [2013-09-17 10:15:12,292][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] stopped [2013-09-17 10:15:12,292][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] closing ... [2013-09-17 10:15:12,297][INFO][node] [Masters, Alicia] closed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-masters-alicia-master-left-reason-failed-to-ping-tried-3-times-each-with-maximum-30s-timeout/13653/2 "2013-09-18T21:27:02Z")
Hey, this looks strange. Can you explain your setup a bit more? Linux distribution? EC2? Any security mechanisms in place, which prevent elasticsearch to use the network interface (or the loopback interface), like AppArmor or SELinux? --Alex On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Wei Zhang [yzhangwei@gmail.com](mailto:yzhangwei@gmail.com) wrote: > I got following error when I try to start a new elasticsearch install: > > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,288][INFO][discovery.zen] [Masters, > Alicia] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/10.67.93.32:9300]]], > reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] timeout] > > Following is what I did: > curl -O > [https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip](https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip) > unzip elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip > cd elasticsearch-0.90.4/bin > ./elasticsearch -f > > uname -a > Linux hostname 2.6.32-042stab079.5 #1 SMP Fri Aug 2 17:16:15 MSK 2013 > x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux > > java -version > java version "1.7.0\_25" > OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.3.10.4.el6\_4-x86\_64) > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode) > > more elasticsearch.log > [2013-09-17 09:28:09,041][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] version[0.90.4], pid[17649], build[8cb1a9b/2013-09-16T14:11:00Z] > [2013-09-17 09:28:09,043][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] initializing ... > [2013-09-17 09:28:09,050][INFO][plugins] [Archie > Corrigan] loaded , sites > [2013-09-17 09:28:11,968][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] initialized > [2013-09-17 09:28:11,968][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] starting ... > [2013-09-17 09:28:12,167][INFO][transport] [Archie > Corrigan] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address {ine > t[/10.67.85.210:9300]} > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,343][INFO][discovery.zen] [Archie > Corrigan] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/ > 10.67.93.32:9300 > ]]], reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] > timeout] > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,347][INFO][discovery] [Archie > Corrigan] elasticsearch/fn7lg1I9SXKBhFSyfYRw1w > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,354][INFO][http] [Archie > Corrigan] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address {ine > t[/10.67.85.210:9200]} > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,354][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] started > [2013-09-17 09:50:59,403][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.state] [Archie > Corrigan] Serving cluster state request using version 0 > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,000][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] stopping ... > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,024][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] stopped > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,024][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] closing ... > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,029][INFO][node] [Archie > Corrigan] closed > [2013-09-17 10:05:37,838][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] version[0.90.4], pid[17984], build[8cb1a9b/2013-09-16T14:11:00Z] > [2013-09-17 10:05:37,839][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] initializing ... > [2013-09-17 10:05:37,851][INFO][plugins] [Masters, > Alicia] loaded , sites > [2013-09-17 10:05:41,796][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] initialized > [2013-09-17 10:05:41,797][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] starting ... > [2013-09-17 10:05:42,111][INFO][transport] [Masters, > Alicia] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address {ine > t[/10.67.85.210:9300]} > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,288][INFO][discovery.zen] [Masters, > Alicia] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/10.67.93.32:9300 > ]]], reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] > timeout] > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,295][INFO][discovery] [Masters, > Alicia] elasticsearch/Bccg0dYlRkSfbkViVNO7MQ > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,305][INFO][http] [Masters, > Alicia] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address {ine > t[/10.67.85.210:9200]} > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,305][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] started > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,255][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] stopping ... > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,292][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] stopped > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,292][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] closing ... > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,297][INFO][node] [Masters, > Alicia] closed > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Wei\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Wei\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wei_Zhang)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-masters-alicia-master-left-reason-failed-to-ping-tried-3-times-each-with-maximum-30s-timeout/13653/3 "2013-09-18T23:10:51Z")
I found the problem. Because there is another cluster has same name on the same network. Ray On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Alexander Reelsen [alr@spinscale.de](mailto:alr@spinscale.de) wrote: > Hey, > > this looks strange. Can you explain your setup a bit more? Linux > distribution? EC2? Any security mechanisms in place, which prevent > elasticsearch to use the network interface (or the loopback interface), > like AppArmor or SELinux? > > --Alex > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Wei Zhang [yzhangwei@gmail.com](mailto:yzhangwei@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I got following error when I try to start a new elasticsearch install: > > > > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,288][INFO][discovery.zen] [Masters, > > Alicia] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/10.67.93.32:9300]]], > > reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] timeout] > > > > Following is what I did: > > curl -O > > [https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip](https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip) > > unzip elasticsearch-0.90.4.zip > > cd elasticsearch-0.90.4/bin > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > uname -a > > Linux hostname 2.6.32-042stab079.5 #1 SMP Fri Aug 2 17:16:15 MSK 2013 > > x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux > > > > java -version > > java version "1.7.0\_25" > > OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.3.10.4.el6\_4-x86\_64) > > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode) > > > > more elasticsearch.log > > [2013-09-17 09:28:09,041][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] version[0.90.4], pid[17649], build[8cb1a9b/2013-09-16T14:11:00Z] > > [2013-09-17 09:28:09,043][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] initializing ... > > [2013-09-17 09:28:09,050][INFO][plugins] [Archie > > Corrigan] loaded , sites > > [2013-09-17 09:28:11,968][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] initialized > > [2013-09-17 09:28:11,968][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] starting ... > > [2013-09-17 09:28:12,167][INFO][transport] [Archie > > Corrigan] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address {ine > > t[/10.67.85.210:9300]} > > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,343][INFO][discovery.zen] [Archie > > Corrigan] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/ > > 10.67.93.32:9300 > > ]]], reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] > > timeout] > > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,347][INFO][discovery] [Archie > > Corrigan] elasticsearch/fn7lg1I9SXKBhFSyfYRw1w > > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,354][INFO][http] [Archie > > Corrigan] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address {ine > > t[/10.67.85.210:9200]} > > [2013-09-17 09:28:16,354][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] started > > [2013-09-17 09:50:59,403][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.state] [Archie > > Corrigan] Serving cluster state request using version 0 > > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,000][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] stopping ... > > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,024][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] stopped > > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,024][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] closing ... > > [2013-09-17 09:52:04,029][INFO][node] [Archie > > Corrigan] closed > > [2013-09-17 10:05:37,838][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] version[0.90.4], pid[17984], build[8cb1a9b/2013-09-16T14:11:00Z] > > [2013-09-17 10:05:37,839][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] initializing ... > > [2013-09-17 10:05:37,851][INFO][plugins] [Masters, > > Alicia] loaded , sites > > [2013-09-17 10:05:41,796][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] initialized > > [2013-09-17 10:05:41,797][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] starting ... > > [2013-09-17 10:05:42,111][INFO][transport] [Masters, > > Alicia] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address {ine > > t[/10.67.85.210:9300]} > > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,288][INFO][discovery.zen] [Masters, > > Alicia] master\_left [[Him][8wa0Y4rUS1KgPRGHQLGayw][inet[/10.67.93.32:9300 > > ]]], reason [failed to ping, tried [3] times, each with maximum [30s] > > timeout] > > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,295][INFO][discovery] [Masters, > > Alicia] elasticsearch/Bccg0dYlRkSfbkViVNO7MQ > > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,305][INFO][http] [Masters, > > Alicia] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address {ine > > t[/10.67.85.210:9200]} > > [2013-09-17 10:05:46,305][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] started > > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,255][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] stopping ... > > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,292][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] stopped > > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,292][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] closing ... > > [2013-09-17 10:15:12,297][INFO][node] [Masters, > > Alicia] closed > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > 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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 6, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-masters-alicia-master-left-reason-failed-to-ping-tried-3-times-each-with-maximum-30s-timeout/13653/4 "2017-07-06T02:15:37Z")