# Failed to start shard
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-shard/5655
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 21, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-shard/5655 "2011-10-21T09:46:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@gnulinux](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gnulinux)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-shard/5655/1 "2011-10-21T09:46:14Z")
Hi
I am evaluating ElasticSearch (0.17.8) for a spatial search platform. I was able to setup a two-node cluster and everything was working fine. But after rebooting both the nodes, I am getting the following error on both.
[2011-10-19 06:02:45,243][WARN][indices.cluster] [linux Ubu2] [books][1] failed to start shard
org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayRecoveryException: [books][1] shard allocated for local recovery (post api), should exists, but doesn't
at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.local.LocalIndexShardGateway.recover(LocalIndexShardGateway.java:99)
at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayService$1.run(IndexShardGatewayService.java:179)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
**Config Files:**
Node01 (Master)
cluster:
name: gnulinux
node.name: "linux Ubu2"
node.master: true
node.data: true
node.rack: rack01
network:
bindHost: 192.168.2.10
publishHost: 192.168.2.10
index.engine.robin.refreshInterval: -1
index.gateway.snapshot\_interval: -1
index.gateway.type: local
index.number\_of\_shards: 5
index.number\_of\_replicas: 1
gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 2
gateway.recover\_after\_time: 5m
gateway.expected\_nodes: 2
cluster.routing.allocation.node\_initial\_primaries\_recoveries: 4
cluster.routing.allocation.node\_concurrent\_recoveries: 2
indices.recovery.concurrent\_streams: 5
index:
store:
fs:
memory:
enabled: true
discovery:
jgroups:
config: tcp
bind\_port: 9700
bind\_address: 192.168.2.10
tcpping:
initial\_hosts: 192.168.2.10[9700], 192.168.2.11[9700]
**Node02:**
cluster:
name: gnulinux
node.name: "linux Ubu1"
node.master: false
node.data: true
node.rack: rack01
network:
bindHost: 192.168.2.11
publishHost: 192.168.2.11
index.engine.robin.refreshInterval: -1
index.gateway.snapshot\_interval: -1
index.gateway.type: local
index.number\_of\_shards: 5
index.number\_of\_replicas: 1
gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 2
gateway.recover\_after\_time: 5m
gateway.expected\_nodes: 2
cluster.routing.allocation.node\_initial\_primaries\_recoveries: 4
cluster.routing.allocation.node\_concurrent\_recoveries: 2
indices.recovery.concurrent\_streams: 5
index:
store:
fs:
memory:
enabled: true
discovery:
jgroups:
config: tcp
bind\_port: 9700
bind\_address: 192.168.2.11
tcpping:
initial\_hosts: 192.168.2.10[9700], 192.168.2.11[9700]
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-shard/5655/2 "2017-07-06T03:51:15Z")