# ES 2 master node configuration
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-master-node-configuration/219175
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-master-node-configuration/219175 "2020-02-13T09:42:02Z")
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### Author:  [@Tushar\_Khanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tushar_Khanna)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-master-node-configuration/219175/1 "2020-02-13T09:42:02Z")
Hi Team,
There are 2 master eligible nodes with below configuration. Node 1 (only master) , Node2(master and data and belonging to one of the data center) , in addition there are 4 more only data nodes belonging to one of the data center
node1
cluster.name: [elkprod.com](http://elkprod.com)
node.name: node1
node.master: true
node.voting\_only: false
node.data: false
network.host: 10.04.007.14
http.port: 61049
cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.attributes: rack
cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.force.rack.values: reigate,stalbans
discovery.seed\_hosts: ["10.04.007.14", "10.03.009.184"]
cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: ["node2","node1"]
transport.port: 61100-61300
node2
cluster.name: [elkprod.com](http://elkprod.com)
node.name: node2
node.master: true
node.voting\_only: false
node.data: true
network.host: 10.03.009.184
http.port: 61049
node.attr.rack: stalbans
cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.attributes: rack
cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.force.rack.values: reigate,stalbans
discovery.seed\_hosts: ["10.04.007.14", "10.03.009.184"]
cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: ["node2","node1"]
transport.port: 61100-61300
only node1 is acting as master node, even if I bring node1 down, node2 is not elected as master node.
Am I missing something in configuration. Please help. Thanks.
Regards,
Tushar Khanna
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-master-node-configuration/219175/2 "2020-02-13T09:45:28Z")
Master election requires a strict majority of master eligible nodes to agree a new master. With only 2 master eligible nodes in the cluster both therefore have to be available. You should always have at least 3 master eligible nodes in a cluster if you want to be able to have a green cluster even if one node goes down.
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### Author:  [@Tushar\_Khanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tushar_Khanna)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-master-node-configuration/219175/3 "2020-02-14T14:52:21Z")
It worked after I made 3 nodes as master-eligible. Thanks for your help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-master-node-configuration/219175/4 "2020-03-13T14:52:23Z")
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