# ES and AWS Cloud plugin autodiscovery not working

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 19, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-and-aws-cloud-plugin-autodiscovery-not-working/17602 "2014-05-19T19:29:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-and-aws-cloud-plugin-autodiscovery-not-working/17602/1 "2014-05-19T19:29:05Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to make the AWS auto-discovery plugin between 2 nodes to work  
with no luck , each node is only aware of itself and set as a master.

This is regarding ELASTICSEARCH\_VERSION : "1.1.1" and  
ES\_AWS\_CLOUD\_PLUGIN\_VERSION: "2.1.1" .

See my configuration file bellow :

# /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml :

"""  
cluster.name: logstash

cloud:  
aws:  
access\_key: WLFLIEJWLKJ23FKDJ983242H  
secret\_key: idl34dijfdi!fkvui3lkj2l3ifdslkjdf  
discovery:  
type: ec2  
ec2:  
groups: Elasticsearch

cloud:  
aws:  
region: us-east-1

node.name: [es1.example.com](http://es1.example.com)  
index.number\_of\_shards: 3  
index.number\_of\_replicas: 1  
path.data: /mnt/var/lib/elasticsearch/  
bootstrap.mlockall: true  
"""

# /var/log/elasticsearch/logstash.log :

"""  
[2014-05-19 19:11:50,839][WARN][common.jna] Unknown  
mlockall error 0  
[2014-05-19 19:11:50,947][INFO][node]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] version[1.1.1], pid[11417],  
build[f1585f0/2014-04-16T14:27:12Z]  
[2014-05-19 19:11:50,947][INFO][node]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] initializing ...  
[2014-05-19 19:11:50,970][INFO][plugins]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] loaded [cloud-aws], sites [bigdesk, paramedic, head,  
kopf, HQ, inquisitor]  
[2014-05-19 19:11:54,361][INFO][node]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] initialized  
[2014-05-19 19:11:54,361][INFO][node]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] starting ...  
[2014-05-19 19:11:54,442][INFO][transport]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]},  
publish\_address {inet[/10.146.242.57:9300]}  
[2014-05-19 19:11:58,170][INFO][cluster.service]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] new\_master  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)][Xa1cVbphSAOwbv5Fm0MgoA][es1. [example.com](http://example.com)][inet[/10.146.242.57:9300]],  
reason: zen-disco-join (elected\_as\_master)  
[2014-05-19 19:11:58,199][INFO][discovery]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] logstash/Xa1cVbphSAOwbv5Fm0MgoA  
[2014-05-19 19:11:58,215][INFO][http]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]},  
publish\_address {inet[/10.146.242.57:9200]}  
[2014-05-19 19:11:58,229][INFO][gateway]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] recovered [0] indices into cluster\_state  
[2014-05-19 19:11:58,229][INFO][node]  
[es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] started  
"""

Can some one help me please ???

Kind regards,  
N.

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-and-aws-cloud-plugin-autodiscovery-not-working/17602/2 "2014-05-19T20:00:58Z")

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What do you get if you set discovery to TRACE in logging.yml file?

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> Le 19 mai 2014 à 21:29, Nicolas G [nicolasg@gmail.com](mailto:nicolasg@gmail.com) a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to make the AWS auto-discovery plugin between 2 nodes to work with no luck , each node is only aware of itself and set as a master.
> 
> This is regarding ELASTICSEARCH\_VERSION : "1.1.1" and ES\_AWS\_CLOUD\_PLUGIN\_VERSION: "2.1.1" .
> 
> See my configuration file bellow :
> 
> # /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml :
> 
> """  
> cluster.name: logstash
> 
> cloud:  
> aws:  
> access\_key: WLFLIEJWLKJ23FKDJ983242H  
> secret\_key: idl34dijfdi!fkvui3lkj2l3ifdslkjdf  
> discovery:  
> type: ec2  
> ec2:  
> groups: Elasticsearch
> 
> cloud:  
> aws:  
> region: us-east-1
> 
> node.name: [es1.example.com](http://es1.example.com)  
> index.number\_of\_shards: 3  
> index.number\_of\_replicas: 1  
> path.data: /mnt/var/lib/elasticsearch/  
> bootstrap.mlockall: true  
> """
> 
> # /var/log/elasticsearch/logstash.log :
> 
> """  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,839][WARN][common.jna] Unknown mlockall error 0  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,947][INFO][node] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] version[1.1.1], pid[11417], build[f1585f0/2014-04-16T14:27:12Z]  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,947][INFO][node] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] initializing ...  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,970][INFO][plugins] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] loaded [cloud-aws], sites [bigdesk, paramedic, head, kopf, HQ, inquisitor]  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:54,361][INFO][node] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] initialized  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:54,361][INFO][node] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] starting ...  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:54,442][INFO][transport] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address {inet[/10.146.242.57:9300]}  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,170][INFO][cluster.service] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] new\_master [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)][Xa1cVbphSAOwbv5Fm0MgoA][es1. [example.com](http://example.com)][inet[/10.146.242.57:9300]], reason: zen-disco-join (elected\_as\_master)  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,199][INFO][discovery] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] logstash/Xa1cVbphSAOwbv5Fm0MgoA  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,215][INFO][http] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address {inet[/10.146.242.57:9200]}  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,229][INFO][gateway] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] recovered [0] indices into cluster\_state  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,229][INFO][node] [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)] started  
> """
> 
> Can some one help me please ???
> 
> Kind regards,  
> N.
> 
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**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-and-aws-cloud-plugin-autodiscovery-not-working/17602/3 "2014-05-19T20:28:13Z")

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Got it working, the IAM user didn't had the right discovery access policy.

Thanks !

On Monday, May 19, 2014 10:29:05 PM UTC+3, Nicolas G wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to make the AWS auto-discovery plugin between 2 nodes to work  
> with no luck , each node is only aware of itself and set as a master.
> 
> This is regarding ELASTICSEARCH\_VERSION : "1.1.1" and  
> ES\_AWS\_CLOUD\_PLUGIN\_VERSION: "2.1.1" .
> 
> See my configuration file bellow :
> 
> # /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml :
> 
> """  
> cluster.name: logstash
> 
> cloud:  
> aws:  
> access\_key: WLFLIEJWLKJ23FKDJ983242H  
> secret\_key: idl34dijfdi!fkvui3lkj2l3ifdslkjdf  
> discovery:  
> type: ec2  
> ec2:  
> groups: Elasticsearch
> 
> cloud:  
> aws:  
> region: us-east-1
> 
> node.name: [es1.example.com](http://es1.example.com)  
> index.number\_of\_shards: 3  
> index.number\_of\_replicas: 1  
> path.data: /mnt/var/lib/elasticsearch/  
> bootstrap.mlockall: true  
> """
> 
> # /var/log/elasticsearch/logstash.log :
> 
> """  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,839][WARN][common.jna] Unknown  
> mlockall error 0  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,947][INFO][node] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] version[1.1.1], pid[11417],  
> build[f1585f0/2014-04-16T14:27:12Z]  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,947][INFO][node] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] initializing ...  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:50,970][INFO][plugins] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] loaded [cloud-aws], sites [bigdesk, paramedic, head, kopf,  
> HQ, inquisitor]  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:54,361][INFO][node] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] initialized  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:54,361][INFO][node] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] starting ...  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:54,442][INFO][transport] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9300]}, publish\_address  
> {inet[/10.146.242.57:9300]}  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,170][INFO][cluster.service] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] new\_master [es1. [example.com](http://example.com)][Xa1cVbphSAOwbv5Fm0MgoA][es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)][inet[/10.146.242.57:9300]], reason: zen-disco-join  
> (elected\_as\_master)  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,199][INFO][discovery] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] logstash/Xa1cVbphSAOwbv5Fm0MgoA  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,215][INFO][http] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9200]}, publish\_address  
> {inet[/10.146.242.57:9200]}  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,229][INFO][gateway] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] recovered [0] indices into cluster\_state  
> [2014-05-19 19:11:58,229][INFO][node] [es1.  
> [example.com](http://example.com)] started  
> """
> 
> Can some one help me please ???
> 
> Kind regards,  
> N.

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