# FIXED: Removed marvel-plugin and license, cluster will not start
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-removed-marvel-plugin-and-license-cluster-will-not-start/56329
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring
**Created:** [July 25, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-removed-marvel-plugin-and-license-cluster-will-not-start/56329 "2016-07-25T18:49:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@kawika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kawika)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-removed-marvel-plugin-and-license-cluster-will-not-start/56329/1 "2016-07-25T18:49:35Z")
I uninstalled marvel-plugin and license and now my cluster will not start. I don't have any other plugins.
I get no known master, can't hit \_cluster/health or \_cat/\*. Cluster is pretty much doa. Do you have any tips to get a cluster to form again after deleting Marvel and License? Thanks.
Fix: Turned out the restart didn't really happen. The ES process was stuck. Killed it and started and it came up.
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### Author:  [@pickypg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pickypg)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-removed-marvel-plugin-and-license-cluster-will-not-start/56329/2 "2016-07-25T19:08:28Z")
For the benefit of others: Marvel has nothing to do with master election, so this problem is most likely related to a configuration issue or a missing node.
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### Author:  [@kawika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kawika)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-removed-marvel-plugin-and-license-cluster-will-not-start/56329/3 "2016-07-25T19:34:22Z")
Agreed. The licenses, ELK upgrading, marvel and watcher issues are well documented. Pretty much been a nightmare from day 1 with those plugins which is why I deleted them. Maybe someday it'll be stable and upgrade friendly. Cheers
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### Author:  [@DmitriyR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DmitriyR)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-removed-marvel-plugin-and-license-cluster-will-not-start/56329/4 "2016-12-13T15:59:24Z")
Hi, did you turn off the entire cluster?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-removed-marvel-plugin-and-license-cluster-will-not-start/56329/5 "2017-07-06T13:41:36Z")