# Elasticsearch Rolling Restart

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rolling-restart/251566>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 9, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rolling-restart/251566 "2020-10-09T13:01:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticus3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@elasticus3r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticus3r)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rolling-restart/251566/1 "2020-10-09T13:01:45Z")

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Hello,

I need to perform a rolling restart of my elasticsearch cluster which contains 3 master nodes and 7 data nodes. I believe a rolling restart is the best approach for patching and also cert renewals. From this documentation:

> **[Full-cluster restart and rolling restart | Elasticsearch Reference \[7.9\] |...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/restart-cluster.html#restart-cluster-rolling)**

it does not state which sequence to perform the rolling restart. Do I start with the master nodes or data nodes first? Anyone has done this before or know what is the safe way?

Thanks.

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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:** [November 6, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rolling-restart/251566/2 "2020-11-06T13:01:47Z")

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