# Failed to setup ES cluster on EC2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 27, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-es-cluster-on-ec2/8858 "2012-08-27T11:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hua\_Lin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@Hua\_Lin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hua_Lin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-es-cluster-on-ec2/8858/1 "2012-08-27T11:03:21Z")
The first cluster start up as master successfully. (ip: 10.28.99.235) But second ES instance cannot join first one. Here is the elasticsearch.yml cluster.name: xxx Cloud: aws: access\_key: xxx secret\_key: xxx region: us-east-1 bootstrap.mlockall: true network: bind\_host: _eth0:ipv4_ gateway: type: s3 s3: bucket: xxx discovery: type: ec2 ec2: ping\_timeout: 5s And here is some of log: [INFO][node] [Ricadonna] {0.19.9}[5135]: initializing ... [2012-08-27 10:24:19,627][INFO][plugins] [Ricadonna] loaded [cloud-aws], sites [] [2012-08-27 10:24:21,168][DEBUG][discovery.zen.ping.multicast] [Ricadonna] using group [224.2.2.4], with port [54328], ttl [3], and address [null] [2012-08-27 10:24:21,171][DEBUG][discovery.zen.ping.unicast] [Ricadonna] using initial hosts [], with concurrent\_connects [10] [2012-08-27 10:24:21,172][DEBUG][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] using ping.timeout [5m], master\_election.filter\_client [true], master\_election.filter\_data [false] [2012-08-27 10:24:21,176][DEBUG][discovery.zen.elect] [Ricadonna] using minimum\_master\_nodes [-1] [2012-08-27 10:24:21,177][DEBUG][discovery.zen.fd] [Ricadonna] [master] uses ping\_interval [1s], ping\_timeout [30s], ping\_retries [3] [2012-08-27 10:24:21,180][DEBUG][discovery.zen.fd] [Ricadonna] [node] uses ping\_interval [1s], ping\_timeout [30s], ping\_retries [3] [2012-08-27 10:24:21,434][DEBUG][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] using host\_type [PRIVATE\_IP], tags [{}], groups [[]] with any\_group [true], availability\_zones [[]] [2012-08-27 10:24:22,591][DEBUG][gateway.s3] [Ricadonna] using bucket [autodesk-es-storage-staging], region [null], chunk\_size [100mb], concurrent\_streams [5] [2012-08-27 10:24:23,828][DEBUG][gateway.s3] [Ricadonna] Latest metadata found at index [58] [2012-08-27 10:24:23,831][INFO][node] [Ricadonna] {0.19.9}[5135]: initialized [2012-08-27 10:24:23,831][INFO][node] [Ricadonna] {0.19.9}[5135]: starting ... [2012-08-27 10:24:23,982][INFO][transport] [Ricadonna] bound\_address {inet[/10.215.82.16:9300]}, publish\_address {inet[/10.215.82.16:9300]} [2012-08-27 10:24:23,998][TRACE][discovery] [Ricadonna] waiting for 30s for the initial state to be set by the discovery [2012-08-27 10:24:24,972][TRACE][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] building dynamic unicast discovery nodes... [2012-08-27 10:24:24,983][TRACE][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] adding i-e741e58c, address 10.192.207.132, transport\_address inet[/10.192.207.132:9300] [2012-08-27 10:24:24,985][TRACE][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] adding i-53033538, address 10.210.230.15, transport\_address inet[/10.210.230.15:9300] [2012-08-27 10:24:24,991][TRACE][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] adding i-d4c7cdbf, address 10.193.134.63, transport\_address inet[/10.193.134.63:9300] [2012-08-27 10:24:24,997][TRACE][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] adding i-eed6dc85, address 10.211.7.162, transport\_address inet[/10.211.7.162:9300] (many many adding....98 addings in total) [2012-08-27 10:24:25,267][DEBUG][discovery.ec2] [Ricadonna] using dynamic discovery nodes [[#cloud-i-e741e58c-0][inet[/10.192.207.132:9300]], [#cloud-i-53033538-0][inet[/10.210.230.15:9300]], [#cloud-i-d4c7cdbf-0][inet[/10.193.134.63:9300]], [#cloud-i-eed6dc85-0][inet[/10.211.7.162:9300]], [#cloud-i-ecd6dc87-0][inet[/10.210.77.161:9300]], [#cloud-i-79489f13-0][inet[/10.211.87.79:9300]], [#cloud-i-7faa7c15-0][inet[/10.208.70.31:9300]], [#cloud-i-9e6ac5f4-0][inet[/10.208.146.96:9300]], [#cloud-i-161ba27c-0][inet[/10.217.67.175:9300]], [#cloud-i-9a4bf7f7-0][inet[/10.104.91.252:9300]], [#cloud-i-142c9079-0][inet[/10.198.139.202:9300]], [#cloud-i-52fa983f-0][inet[/10.208.71.0:9300]], [#cloud-i-807e5ded-0][inet[/10.198.131.185:9300]], [#cloud-i-036df16f-0][inet[/10.96.226.193:9300]], [#cloud-i-971119fb-0][inet[/10.203.29.185:9300]], [#cloud-i-911119fd-0][inet[/10.116.115.159:9300]], [#cloud-i-912d25fd-0][inet[/10.203.33.229:9300]], [#cloud-i-aba1a9c7-0][inet[/10.118.250.13:9300]], [#cloud-i-9f5952f3-0][inet[/10.196.63.128:9300]], [#cloud-i-967d36f9-0][inet[/10.86.129.154:9300]], [#cloud-i-bec99ed1-0][inet[/10.195.178.95:9300]], [#cloud-i-60d6e60f-0][inet[/10.64.18.80:9300]], [#cloud-i-cd11f4a3-0][inet[/10.64.62.211:9300]], [#cloud-i-93b947fd-0][inet[/10.104.39.240:9300]], [#cloud-i-1b3e6b7a-0][inet[/10.110.229.172:9300]], [#cloud-i-1d3e6b7c-0][inet[/10.254.69.171:9300]], [#cloud-i-78b85c18-0][inet[/10.2.13.113:9300]], [#cloud-i-04778764-0][inet[/10.217.9.188:9300]], [#cloud-i-7659a916-0][inet[/10.70.249.34:9300]], [#cloud-i-485aaa28-0][inet[/10.210.202.179:9300]], [#cloud-i-2626da46-0][inet[/10.111.18.102:9300]], [#cloud-i-0e2ed06e-0][inet[/10.104.123.200:9300]], [#cloud-i-102ed070-0][inet[/10.47.18.146:9300]], [#cloud-i-bc5917dc-0][inet[/10.96.119.120:9300]], [#cloud-i-be5917de-0][inet[/10.73.25.64:9300]], [#cloud-i-7c39231c-0][inet[/10.2.115.14:9300]], [#cloud-i-a3de1fc0-0][inet[/10.46.138.152:9300]], [#cloud-i-d12c91b2-0][inet[/10.46.213.163:9300]], [#cloud-i-bf8837dc-0][inet[/10.46.37.71:9300]], [#cloud-i-bd8837de-0][inet[/10.96.193.40:9300]], [#cloud-i-f95cdb9a-0][inet[/10.96.147.146:9300]], [#cloud-i-f902459a-0][inet[/10.110.247.177:9300]], [#cloud-i-fdbe9f9e-0][inet[/10.83.95.21:9300]], [#cloud-i-488e792a-0][inet[/10.211.71.135:9300]], [#cloud-i-88fe09ea-0][inet[/10.241.107.15:9300]], [#cloud-i-cee215ac-0][inet[/10.198.109.139:9300]], [#cloud-i-cee116ac-0][inet[/10.73.70.89:9300]], [#cloud-i-b2e116d0-0][inet[/10.68.203.72:9300]], [#cloud-i-74ef1816-0][inet[/10.211.93.124:9300]], [#cloud-i-04e81f66-0][inet[/10.3.26.98:9300]], [#cloud-i-dcd225be-0][inet[/10.201.183.31:9300]], [#cloud-i-20d12642-0][inet[/10.66.147.115:9300]], [#cloud-i-48c7302a-0][inet[/10.46.147.216:9300]], [#cloud-i-f2c53290-0][inet[/10.96.85.250:9300]], [#cloud-i-8ccd3aee-0][inet[/10.188.2.83:9300]], [#cloud-i-7ecb3c1c-0][inet[/10.71.21.190:9300]], [#cloud-i-a2cb3cc0-0][inet[/10.190.218.232:9300]], [#cloud-i-8439cee6-0][inet[/10.68.215.208:9300]], [#cloud-i-8a2ddae8-0][inet[/10.240.59.64:9300]], [#cloud-i-1dd13278-0][inet[/10.76.7.62:9300]], [#cloud-i-cb4fc6ae-0][inet[/10.210.71.224:9300]], [#cloud-i-3b22ab5e-0][inet[/10.215.13.204:9300]], [#cloud-i-1f44dd7a-0][inet[/10.211.7.112:9300]], [#cloud-i-e7a1e682-0][inet[/10.4.207.61:9300]], [#cloud-i-89afe8ec-0][inet[/10.64.137.165:9300]], [#cloud-i-0dadea68-0][inet[/10.189.7.155:9300]], [#cloud-i-5abaec3f-0][inet[/10.108.70.164:9300]], [#cloud-i-64aeff01-0][inet[/10.71.27.190:9300]], [#cloud-i-081a4a6d-0][inet[/10.188.113.156:9300]], [#cloud-i-dc1b4bb9-0][inet[/10.104.113.55:9300]], [#cloud-i-4c346429-0][inet[/10.68.139.176:9300]], [#cloud-i-56366633-0][inet[/10.6.150.242:9300]], [#cloud-i-8ddb2ee9-0][inet[/10.28.70.41:9300]], [#cloud-i-59c5303d-0][inet[/10.28.70.30:9300]], [#cloud-i-f1c53095-0][inet[/10.28.65.5:9300]], [#cloud-i-1dfc6879-0][inet[/10.110.231.162:9300]], [#cloud-i-794d3d1d-0][inet[/10.28.38.50:9300]], [#cloud-i-d1017ab5-0][inet[/10.28.69.87:9300]], [#cloud-i-af047fcb-0][inet[/10.28.100.82:9300]], [#cloud-i-41eb3127-0][inet[/10.218.103.151:9300]], [#cloud-i-91aadbf7-0][inet[/10.111.29.128:9300]], [#cloud-i-9de392fb-0][inet[/10.28.150.160:9300]], [#cloud-i-ffd5f499-0][inet[/10.28.139.205:9300]], [#cloud-i-775a7a11-0][inet[/10.68.6.132:9300]], [#cloud-i-6b38180d-0][inet[/10.28.78.231:9300]], [#cloud-i-fadc1e83-0][inet[/10.191.87.30:9300]], [#cloud-i-6a9cee13-0][inet[/10.64.30.59:9300]], [#cloud-i-1248346b-0][inet[/10.64.77.95:9300]], [#cloud-i-aaec90d3-0][inet[/10.195.194.3:9300]], [#cloud-i-eedd8e97-0][inet[/10.210.10.194:9300]], [#cloud-i-a0ec1ed8-0][inet[/10.220.31.77:9300]], [#cloud-i-13519f68-0][inet[/10.146.144.185:9300]], [#cloud-i-e367bf98-0][inet[/10.146.144.187:9300]], [#cloud-i-739b4008-0][inet[/10.146.144.219:9300]], [#cloud-i-cdc962b6-0][inet[/10.110.89.24:9300]], [#cloud-i-c3c962b8-0][inet[/10.2.9.145:9300]], [#cloud-i-27ca515c-0][inet[/10.215.82.16:9300]], [#cloud-i-a70e64dc-0][inet[/10.28.99.235:9300]]] I tried to set zen ping timeout to a large value, but it doesn't work. The adding and connecting part seems appear again and again. -- ---
**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, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-es-cluster-on-ec2/8858/2 "2017-07-06T03:14:57Z")