Elastic search is still initializing the kibana index issue

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Hello .. I am getting Elastic search is still initializing the kibana index error while starting kibana. It was working and after few days i am getting this error while restarting elastic kibana. I have gone through similar topics in this forum and still i am unable to solve it

The status of elastic cluster is "RED"

localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty output is given below:

{ "cluster_name" "elasticsearch",
"status": "red",
"timed_out" : "false",
"number_of_nodes" : 1,
"number_of_data_nodes":1,
"active_primary_shards" : 2000,
"relocating_shards":0,
"initializing_shards":4,
"unassigned_shards" :3200,
"delayed_unassigned_shards" : 0

How can i fix elastic search status from RED to GREEN with out deleting kibana /elastic data

Your help is much appreciated

Regards
VRR

2

You need to reduce your shard count, that is way too many shards and is contributing to your issue.

3

Hello .. Thanks fore the reply

I read that the shards cant be reduced once index is created, i think i need to create a new elastic index with proper shards count

Correct me if i am wrong

Regards
VRR

4

What version are you on?

5

Hello

I m using Elastic 2.3.1 version

Kibana 4.5.0 version

logstash 2.3.0

file beat 1.2.0

Regards
vrr

6

Then you need to reindex, or upgrade so you can use the _shrink API.

7

Thanks for the suggestion

I will upgrade it

Regards
VRR