# ES goes on RED with master node left

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-goes-on-red-with-master-node-left/159682>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-goes-on-red-with-master-node-left/159682 "2018-12-06T08:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Yogesh\_BG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yogesh_bg/32/70018_2.png) [@Yogesh\_BG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yogesh_BG)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-goes-on-red-with-master-node-left/159682/1 "2018-12-06T08:30:52Z")

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I have ES 2.4 cluster with one data node and one master node. Pumping the traffic for perf testing. Everything went fine for 2 days and 3rd day master goes weird and doesnt connect to datanode. when i restart the master node it comes to healthy cluster.

attached the logs for 3 days.

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QDv\_NvQmteta1dMviudpiPsm\_Kyn\_XzR](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QDv_NvQmteta1dMviudpiPsm_Kyn_XzR)

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**Author:** ![Yogesh\_BG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yogesh_bg/32/70018_2.png) [@Yogesh\_BG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yogesh_BG)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-goes-on-red-with-master-node-left/159682/2 "2018-12-06T18:23:00Z")

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Can any one help me find out why this OOM can happen after 3 days  
We have constant num of indices at any given point \<10. in that one index is always going went till 50gb. others are light weight

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**Author:** ![Yogesh\_BG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yogesh_bg/32/70018_2.png) [@Yogesh\_BG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yogesh_BG)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-goes-on-red-with-master-node-left/159682/3 "2018-12-06T18:23:38Z")

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[2018-12-05 12:59:42,967][INFO][cluster.metadata] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.13] update\_mapping [accesslog]  
[2018-12-05 12:59:43,022][TRACE][gateway] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.13] writing state, reason [version changed from [1] to [2]]  
[2018-12-05 12:59:43,082][TRACE][gateway] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.13] writing state, reason [version changed from [2] to [3]]  
[2018-12-05 13:55:03,320][WARN][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][84164][857] duration [1.9s], collections [1]/[2.8s], total [1.9s]/[1m], memory [547.2mb]-\>[273.3mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [443.9mb]-\>[8.3mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [33.2mb]-\>[56.3mb]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [70mb]-\>[208.6mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 13:56:40,896][WARN][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][84259][858] duration [2.7s], collections [1]/[3.4s], total [2.7s]/[1m], memory [696.5mb]-\>[583.3mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [431.5mb]-\>[8.1mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [56.3mb]-\>[56.3mb]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [208.6mb]-\>[518.8mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 13:59:43,887][INFO][cluster.metadata] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.14] creating index, cause [auto(bulk api)], templates [cgn\_l4\_pe\_log\_template, cgn\_l4\_pc\_template, slb\_vport\_l4\_pc\_template, slb\_vport\_l7\_pr\_template, fw\_l4\_pc\_template], shards [1]/[0], mappings [cgn\_l4\_pc, slb\_vport\_l4\_pc, fw\_l4\_pc, cgn\_l4\_pe\_log, accesslog]  
[2018-12-05 13:59:44,040][TRACE][gateway] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.14] writing state, reason [freshly created]  
[2018-12-05 13:59:44,132][INFO][cluster.routing.allocation] [metrics-master-0] Cluster health status changed from [RED] to [GREEN] (reason: [shards started [[logs-2018.12.05.14][0]] ...]).  
[2018-12-05 14:03:21,060][INFO][cluster.metadata] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.14] update\_mapping [accesslog]  
[2018-12-05 14:03:21,150][TRACE][gateway] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.14] writing state, reason [version changed from [1] to [2]]  
[2018-12-05 14:04:13,751][INFO][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][84690][863] duration [843ms], collections [1]/[3.2s], total [843ms]/[1m], memory [810.7mb]-\>[634.5mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [451.2mb]-\>[70.5mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [56.1mb]-\>[0b]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [303.4mb]-\>[563.9mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 14:12:26,008][INFO][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][85150][870] duration [839ms], collections [1]/[3.5s], total [839ms]/[1.1m], memory [770.3mb]-\>[608.8mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [451.2mb]-\>[44.8mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [46.3mb]-\>[0b]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [272.8mb]-\>[563.9mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 14:23:32,618][INFO][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][85799][878] duration [808ms], collections [1]/[1.4s], total [808ms]/[1.1m], memory [623.9mb]-\>[487.4mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [446.3mb]-\>[7.1kb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [0b]-\>[56.3mb]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [177.6mb]-\>[431mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 14:26:20,063][INFO][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][85964][881] duration [717ms], collections [1]/[1.3s], total [717ms]/[1.1m], memory [591.1mb]-\>[441mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [436mb]-\>[3.3kb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [30.7mb]-\>[56.3mb]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [124.2mb]-\>[384.6mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 14:48:25,337][WARN][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][87246][897] duration [1.1s], collections [1]/[3.6s], total [1.1s]/[1.2m], memory [842.8mb]-\>[700.8mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [451.2mb]-\>[136.8mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [53.6mb]-\>[0b]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [337.9mb]-\>[563.9mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 14:53:06,380][WARN][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][87501][901] duration [1.2s], collections [1]/[4.1s], total [1.2s]/[1.2m], memory [804.3mb]-\>[659.4mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [451.2mb]-\>[95.4mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [43.5mb]-\>[0b]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [309.5mb]-\>[563.9mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 15:00:04,043][INFO][cluster.metadata] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.15] creating index, cause [auto(bulk api)], templates [cgn\_l4\_pe\_log\_template, cgn\_l4\_pc\_template, slb\_vport\_l4\_pc\_template, slb\_vport\_l7\_pr\_template, fw\_l4\_pc\_template], shards [1]/[0], mappings [cgn\_l4\_pc, slb\_vport\_l4\_pc, fw\_l4\_pc, cgn\_l4\_pe\_log, accesslog]  
[2018-12-05 15:00:04,292][TRACE][gateway] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.15] writing state, reason [freshly created]  
[2018-12-05 15:00:04,310][INFO][cluster.routing.allocation] [metrics-master-0] Cluster health status changed from [RED] to [GREEN] (reason: [shards started [[logs-2018.12.05.15][0]] ...]).  
[2018-12-05 15:03:36,363][INFO][cluster.metadata] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.15] update\_mapping [accesslog]  
[2018-12-05 15:03:36,425][TRACE][gateway] [metrics-master-0] [logs-2018.12.05.15] writing state, reason [version changed from [1] to [2]]  
[2018-12-05 15:05:48,571][WARN][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][88208][910] duration [1.2s], collections [1]/[5s], total [1.2s]/[1.2m], memory [781.7mb]-\>[643.5mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [451.2mb]-\>[79.5mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [51.1mb]-\>[0b]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [279.3mb]-\>[563.9mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 15:33:12,938][WARN][monitor.jvm] [metrics-master-0] [gc][young][89714][935] duration [1.5s], collections [1]/[4.2s], total [1.5s]/[1.2m], memory [712.2mb]-\>[505.4mb]/[1gb], all\_pools {[young] [451.2mb]-\>[5.3mb]/[451.2mb]}{[survivor] [37.7mb]-\>[0b]/[56.3mb]}{[old] [223.3mb]-\>[500.1mb]/[564mb]}  
[2018-12-05 15:43:50,929][WARN][transport.netty] [metrics-master-0] exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0x4d1b4257, /192.168.13.7:54848 =\> /192.168.13.12:9300]], closing connection  
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space  
at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:3332)  
at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.ensureCapacityInternal(AbstractStringBuilder.java:124)  
at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.append(AbstractStringBuilder.java:448)  
at java.lang.StringBuilder.append(StringBuilder.java:136)  
at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.handleResponse(MessageChannelHandler.java:152)  
at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.MessageChannelHandler.messageReceived(MessageChannelHandler.java:124)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:791)

[2018-12-05 15:44:59,262][WARN][transport.netty] [metrics-master-0] exception caught on transport layer [[id: 0x75df096f, /192.168.13.17:43068 =\> /192.168.13.7:9300]], closing connection  
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-goes-on-red-with-master-node-left/159682/5 "2018-12-06T18:44:32Z")

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-goes-on-red-with-master-node-left/159682/6 "2019-01-03T18:44:33Z")

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