# ES reports 4 nodes but only 3 severs. One node is used twice **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 2, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-reports-4-nodes-but-only-3-severs-one-node-is-used-twice/19043 "2014-08-02T02:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Montgomery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_Montgomery](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Montgomery)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-reports-4-nodes-but-only-3-severs-one-node-is-used-twice/19043/1 "2014-08-02T02:58:35Z")
Hi, ES is showing 4 nodes but I only have 3. How do I resolve? One address is used twice 172.31.6.204 { "ok" : true, "cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch", "nodes" : { "Fi5sM17uTku9LJYYDtKglQ" : { "name" : "Beautiful Dreamer", "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9301]", "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-204", "version" : "0.90.5", "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9201]" }, "9K0XXGu1STaXfW0pupkbVg" : { "name" : "Beetle", "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.93:9300]", "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-93", "version" : "0.90.5", "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.93:9200]" }, "HcTcSy1YTR22YkTVy9TrgA" : { "name" : "Arize", "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.12.204:9300]", "hostname" : "ip-172-31-12-204", "version" : "0.90.5", "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.12.204:9200]" }, "xz7aOp9zQcGinK5iJNrSYQ" : { "name" : "Obituary", "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9300]", "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-204", "version" : "0.90.5", "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9200]" } } } -- 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/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm\_SkDyTSRf\_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm_SkDyTSRf_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.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:** [August 2, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-reports-4-nodes-but-only-3-severs-one-node-is-used-twice/19043/2 "2014-08-02T03:17:17Z")
Are you using logstash perhaps? If not then check the number of ES processes on your .204 node as there could be two instances running. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 2 August 2014 12:58, David Montgomery [davidmontgomery@gmail.com](mailto:davidmontgomery@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > ES is showing 4 nodes but I only have 3. How do I resolve? One address is used twice > 172.31.6.204 > > { > "ok" : true, > "cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch", > "nodes" : { > "Fi5sM17uTku9LJYYDtKglQ" : { > "name" : "Beautiful Dreamer", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9301]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-204", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9201]" > }, > "9K0XXGu1STaXfW0pupkbVg" : { > "name" : "Beetle", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.93:9300]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-93", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.93:9200]" > }, > "HcTcSy1YTR22YkTVy9TrgA" : { > "name" : "Arize", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.12.204:9300]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-12-204", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.12.204:9200]" > }, > "xz7aOp9zQcGinK5iJNrSYQ" : { > "name" : "Obituary", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9300]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-204", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9200]" > } > } > } > > -- > 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/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm\_SkDyTSRf\_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm_SkDyTSRf_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm\_SkDyTSRf\_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm_SkDyTSRf_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.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/CAEM624Zw8iscE8%3D-WLNTrjpOSyhMUyUyEsO-5v2c8hu0zpz%2BEQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624Zw8iscE8%3D-WLNTrjpOSyhMUyUyEsO-5v2c8hu0zpz%2BEQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Garcia\_Acosta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luis_garcia_acosta/32/1266_2.png) [@Luis\_Garcia\_Acosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luis_Garcia_Acosta)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-reports-4-nodes-but-only-3-severs-one-node-is-used-twice/19043/3 "2014-08-02T09:14:11Z")
Paste config, u have 2 processes running in the same box -- 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/68997619-3ba9-4076-8a8b-bfaa784372f7%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/68997619-3ba9-4076-8a8b-bfaa784372f7%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-reports-4-nodes-but-only-3-severs-one-node-is-used-twice/19043/4 "2014-08-02T14:46:18Z")
This is a client node for sure. Jörg On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 4:58 AM, David Montgomery [davidmontgomery@gmail.com](mailto:davidmontgomery@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > ES is showing 4 nodes but I only have 3. How do I resolve? One address is used twice > 172.31.6.204 > > { > "ok" : true, > "cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch", > "nodes" : { > "Fi5sM17uTku9LJYYDtKglQ" : { > "name" : "Beautiful Dreamer", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9301]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-204", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9201]" > }, > "9K0XXGu1STaXfW0pupkbVg" : { > "name" : "Beetle", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.93:9300]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-93", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.93:9200]" > }, > "HcTcSy1YTR22YkTVy9TrgA" : { > "name" : "Arize", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.12.204:9300]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-12-204", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.12.204:9200]" > }, > "xz7aOp9zQcGinK5iJNrSYQ" : { > "name" : "Obituary", > "transport\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9300]", > "hostname" : "ip-172-31-6-204", > "version" : "0.90.5", > "http\_address" : "inet[/172.31.6.204:9200]" > } > } > } > > -- > 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/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm\_SkDyTSRf\_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm_SkDyTSRf_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm\_SkDyTSRf\_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACF%2B8rpzOsvWm_SkDyTSRf_O21T%2BnaWnYpGrvAzOSS8ENKH-QA%40mail.gmail.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/CAKdsXoHzrh\_BBYG4WACO1%2BRmLzs6wT4NpVe2G50zjbuLb8tRHQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoHzrh_BBYG4WACO1%2BRmLzs6wT4NpVe2G50zjbuLb8tRHQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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