# ES 1.4.2, Tribe Configuration, And Creating Indices **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 6, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-4-2-tribe-configuration-and-creating-indices/22007 "2015-02-06T03:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Brown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ed_brown/32/19230_2.png) [@Ed\_Brown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ed_Brown)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-4-2-tribe-configuration-and-creating-indices/22007/1 "2015-02-06T03:21:39Z")
Hello, I have ES 1.4.2 installed on four servers, with one server hosting the ES tribe node and the other three servers hosting an ES instance. I decided to have the three servers each being a cluster of one server, to test some things out. If I connect to the tribe node, and try to create an index and bulk index, it fails with an error saying no master can be found. But if I create the indices on each node and then bulk index using the tribe node, it works. Additionally, if I create an index template on the three nodes, and then index using the tribe node, this works. Even if the index doesn't initially exist. Reading the documentation, as I understand it, indexing into a new index via the tribe node should never work. Is the behavior I'm seeing, expected? Thanks in advance. -- Ed Brown, Software Architect -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49fb5958-e80e-4de8-888c-3ef4df8aa188%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49fb5958-e80e-4de8-888c-3ef4df8aa188%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-4-2-tribe-configuration-and-creating-indices/22007/2 "2015-02-06T03:55:53Z")
> **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. says it can do reads and writes. But note; > However, there are a few exceptions: > > - The merged view cannot handle indices with the same name in multiple > clusters. By default it will pick one of them, see later for on\_conflict > options. > - Master level read operations (eg _Cluster State_ > [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-state.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-state.html) > , _Cluster Health_ > [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-health.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-health.html)) > will automatically execute with a local flag set to true since there is no > master. > - Master level write operations (eg _Create Index_ > [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-create-index.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-create-index.html)) > are not allowed. These should be performed on a single cluster. On 6 February 2015 at 14:21, Ed Brown [edswarchitect@gmail.com](mailto:edswarchitect@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello, > I have ES 1.4.2 installed on four servers, with one server hosting the ES > tribe node and the other three servers hosting an ES instance. I decided to > have the three servers each being a cluster of one server, to test some > things out. > > If I connect to the tribe node, and try to create an index and bulk index, > it fails with an error saying no master can be found. But if I create the > indices on each node and then bulk index using the tribe node, it works. > Additionally, if I create an index template on the three nodes, and then > index using the tribe node, this works. Even if the index doesn't initially > exist. > > Reading the documentation, as I understand it, indexing into a new index > via the tribe node should never work. > > Is the behavior I'm seeing, expected? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Ed Brown, > Software Architect > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49fb5958-e80e-4de8-888c-3ef4df8aa188%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49fb5958-e80e-4de8-888c-3ef4df8aa188%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49fb5958-e80e-4de8-888c-3ef4df8aa188%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49fb5958-e80e-4de8-888c-3ef4df8aa188%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9XZ91xGvYts83MBDYZ%2B1\_gBck2-aKx%3Det6Q0%2BXUvTErw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9XZ91xGvYts83MBDYZ%2B1_gBck2-aKx%3Det6Q0%2BXUvTErw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-4-2-tribe-configuration-and-creating-indices/22007/3 "2017-07-06T00:34:35Z")