# Elasticsearch Cluster status is Yellow

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589 "2017-09-14T18:44:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![yolena.mora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71c47a/32.png) [@yolena.mora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yolena.mora)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589/1 "2017-09-14T18:44:35Z")

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Hi Everyone here!  
I need your help as possible you can. Can you tell me why this appear in the Monotoring and How can I fix it step by step.  
Thanks for your time!

 ![interfazkK](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/6/367d81539249d8706ad727b9fe731c43a426ef01.png)

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589/2 "2017-09-14T19:17:19Z")

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The Yellow status means that there is a risk of losing data if something goes wrong with your shards.

To get it green you should add another node to your cluster

This answer was taken from [another post](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-health-status-is-yellow-how-to-up-green/81765/2)

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**Author:** ![yolena.mora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71c47a/32.png) [@yolena.mora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yolena.mora)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589/3 "2017-09-14T19:22:38Z")

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I get it! But how or where I have to add another cluster? This is my real question?

Thanks for your time!

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589/4 "2017-09-14T19:46:17Z")

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Here is a link to the elasticsearch getting started guide that provides details on setting up a cluster [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/setup.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/setup.html)

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**Author:** ![yolena.mora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71c47a/32.png) [@yolena.mora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yolena.mora)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589/5 "2017-09-14T19:49:10Z")

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Muchas gracias!! THANKS!!  
Que tengas una feliz tarde! Have a nice afternoon!! 👨🏼‍🔧🧞

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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:** [October 12, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-status-is-yellow/100589/6 "2017-10-12T19:49:26Z")

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