# Elastic node not connecting to master

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-node-not-connecting-to-master/265026>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-node-not-connecting-to-master/265026 "2021-02-22T04:14:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jelbatn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jelbatn/32/77336_2.png) [@jelbatn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jelbatn)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-node-not-connecting-to-master/265026/1 "2021-02-22T04:14:52Z")

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I have the following configuration for a multi node elastic cluster. both nodes are running part of a docker swarm. here is the docker yaml config

```auto
    elasticsearch:
    image: {imagerepo}/elasticsearch:0.0.7-6892bb5
    healthcheck:
      test: curl --fail -s --cacert /run/secrets/elasticsearch-ca.crt -u elastic:$$(cat /run/secrets/elasticsearch.password) https://localhost:9200/_cat/health?v || exit 1
      interval: 30s
      retries: 12
      start_period: 15s
      timeout: 30s
    environment:
      - node.master=true
      - node.name=ehr-master
      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=ehr-master
      - xpack.security.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.supported_protocols=TLSv1.2
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.supported_protocols=TLSv1.2
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.client_authentication=required
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch.p12
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch.p12
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch.p12
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.truststore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch.p12
    deploy:
      placement:
        constraints:
          - node.labels.type != web
      restart_policy:
        condition: any
      replicas: 1
    networks:
      - esnetwork
    ports:
      - "9200:9200"
    volumes:
      - /var/elasticsearch:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    secrets:
      - elasticsearch.environment.java-opts     
      - elasticsearch.password
      - source: elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.file
        target: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch.p12
      - source: elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.password
        target: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.password  
      - source: elasticsearch-ca.crt.file
        target: elasticsearch-ca.crt

  elasticsearch1:
    image:{imagerepo}/elasticsearch:0.0.7-6892bb5/elasticsearch:0.0.7-6892bb5
    healthcheck:
      test: curl --fail -s --cacert /run/secrets/elasticsearch-ca.crt -u elastic:$$(cat /run/secrets/elasticsearch.password) https://localhost:9200/_cat/health?v || exit 1
      interval: 30s
      retries: 12
      start_period: 15s
      timeout: 30s
    environment:
      - node.master=false
      - node.name=ehr-slave1
      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=ehr-master
      - discovery.seed_hosts=elasticsearch
      - xpack.security.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.supported_protocols=TLSv1.2
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.supported_protocols=TLSv1.2
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.client_authentication=required
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch1.p12
      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch1.p12
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch1.p12
      - xpack.security.http.ssl.truststore.path=/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch1.p12
    deploy:
      placement:
        constraints:
          - node.labels.type != web
      restart_policy:
        condition: any
      replicas: 1
    networks:
      - esnetwork
    volumes:
      - /var/elasticsearch1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
    secrets:
      - elasticsearch.environment.java-opts
      - elasticsearch.password
      - source: elasticsearch1.ssl.keystore.file
        target: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch1.p12
      - source: elasticsearch1.ssl.keystore.password
        target: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates/elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.password  
      - source: elasticsearch-ca.crt.file
        target: elasticsearch-ca.crt

```

elasticsearch1 is refusing to connect to the master node on 9300. Not sure why. certs are correct it just keeps timing out. Is it a container issue?

```auto
    elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2021-02-22T03:58:50,545Z", "level": "DEBUG", "component": "o.e.a.s.m.TransportMasterNodeAction", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ehr-slave1", "message": "timed out while retrying [cluster:monitor/health] after failure (timeout [30s])" }
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2021-02-22T03:58:50,545Z", "level": "WARN", "component": "r.suppressed", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ehr-slave1", "message": "path: /_cat/health, params: {v=}",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "stacktrace": ["org.elasticsearch.discovery.MasterNotDiscoveredException: null",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction$AsyncSingleAction$2.onTimeout(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:220) [elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateObserver$ContextPreservingListener.onTimeout(ClusterStateObserver.java:325) [elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateObserver$ObserverClusterStateListener.onTimeout(ClusterStateObserver.java:252) [elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterApplierService$NotifyTimeout.run(ClusterApplierService.java:598) [elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:636) [elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1130) [?:?]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:630) [?:?]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832) [?:?]"] }
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2021-02-22T03:58:53,435Z", "level": "WARN", "component": "o.e.d.HandshakingTransportAddressConnector", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ehr-slave1", "message": "[connectToRemoteMasterNode[10.0.1.7:9300]] completed handshake with [{ehr-master}{UwnmFOjiQeq8qxloXbii4A}{Bmfd38NTTlK8nbYISVuuTA}{10.0.0.6}{10.0.0.6:9300}{dilmrt}{ml.machine_memory=16656900096, ml.max_open_jobs=20, xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true}] but followup connection failed",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "stacktrace": ["org.elasticsearch.transport.ConnectTransportException: [ehr-master][10.0.0.6:9300] connect_timeout[30s]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport$ChannelsConnectedListener.onTimeout(TcpTransport.java:972) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:636) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1130) [?:?]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:630) [?:?]",
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | "at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832) [?:?]"] }
elk_elasticsearch1.1.fgvyvgm4wyuh@ehrelk-rh7s01 | {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2021-02-22T03:58:54,354Z", "level": "WARN", "component": "o.e.c.c.ClusterFormationFailureHelper", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "ehr-slave1", "message": "master not discovered yet: have discovered [{ehr-slave1}{7gnA3Q4EQT6gxPFilXcXXQ}{w4ShHyK-Rbi8anUONHuJLQ}{10.0.1.9}{10.0.1.9:9300}{dilrt}{ml.machine_memory=16656900096, xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true, ml.max_open_jobs=20}]; discovery will continue using [10.0.1.7:9300] from hosts providers and [] from last-known cluster state; node term 57, last-accepted version 66297 in term 57" }

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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:** [February 22, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-node-not-connecting-to-master/265026/2 "2021-02-22T04:26:08Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃  
There is no such thing as a slave node in Elasticsearch. While there is an active master node, any other nodes in the cluster are referred to as nodes.

I'll let someone with more knowledge troubleshoot the core issue 🙂

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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:** [March 22, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-node-not-connecting-to-master/265026/3 "2021-03-22T04:26:33Z")

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