# ElasticSearch Cluster Setup Issue with Master **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691 "2016-10-11T08:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prasad7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@prasad7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasad7)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691/1 "2016-10-11T08:41:23Z")
Hi Guys, I am getting the below error while trying to create an elasticsearch cluster: systemctl status elasticsearch elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2016-10-10 09:40:59 EDT; 18h ago Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co) Main PID: 32421 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Please help me out to fix? Thanks, Prasad ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691/2 "2016-10-11T08:54:38Z")
What do the Elasticsearch logs show? ---
**Author:** ![prasad7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@prasad7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasad7)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691/3 "2016-10-11T09:09:41Z")
I see an empty logging.xml file in /etc/elasticsearch/ folder. Do we have any other location to view the log info? ---
**Author:** ![prasad7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@prasad7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasad7)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691/4 "2016-10-11T09:24:39Z")
I am getting the issue only on master node but the other 2 slave nodes are running fine. elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2016-10-11 05:21:36 EDT; 10s ago Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co) Main PID: 20966 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.loader.YamlSettingsLoader....:46) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromS...080) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromP...067) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: at org.elasticsearch.node.internal.InternalSettingsPreparer.pre...:88) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initialSettings(Bootst...202) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:241) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch...:35) Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) elasticsearch[20966]: Refer to the log for complete error details. Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Oct 11 05:21:36 [x.com](http://x.com) systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691/5 "2016-10-11T10:00:51Z")
There is no such thing as a slave node in ES. `/etc/elasticsearch` is for config, look under `/var/log` ---
**Author:** ![prasad7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@prasad7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasad7)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691/6 "2016-10-12T06:12:13Z")
Actually I am creating a cluster on 3 nodes, and 1 node as master, 1 node as data node and another as client node, i followed the below link: [http://www.tuxfixer.com/install-and-configure-elasticsearch-cluster-on-centos-7-nodes/](http://www.tuxfixer.com/install-and-configure-elasticsearch-cluster-on-centos-7-nodes/) So all is fine except the master node when i try to run the below command is failing: systemctl status elasticsearch Error: Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2016-10-12 02:01:34 EDT; 424ms ago Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co) Main PID: 22310 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: at org.elasti... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: at org.elasti... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: at org.elasti... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: at org.elasti... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: at org.elasti... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: at org.elasti... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: at org.elasti... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) elasticsearch[22310]: Refer to the ... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: ... Oct 12 02:01:34 [c.com](http://c.com) systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.serv... Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. Please help me to fix this issue? Thanks, Prasad ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-setup-issue-with-master/62691/7 "2017-07-05T22:13:10Z")