# Gateway.expected\_nodes and full cluster restart
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gateway-expected-nodes-and-full-cluster-restart/97151
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 15, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gateway-expected-nodes-and-full-cluster-restart/97151 "2017-08-15T22:06:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gateway-expected-nodes-and-full-cluster-restart/97151/1 "2017-08-15T22:06:52Z")
In [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-gateway.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-gateway.html), the docs say that these gateway settings must be set on all master nodes, but that they require a full cluster restart to take effect.
Say I have a cluster with:
- 3 master-only nodes
- some data-only nodes
- some ingest-only nodes
- some coordinator-only nodes
Can I just set these `gateway` settings on the 3 masters' `elasticsearch.yml` file and restart just the 3 masters?
Or do I need to specify it in every node's `elasticsearch.yml` file and restart every node?
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### Author:  [@ywelsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ywelsch)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gateway-expected-nodes-and-full-cluster-restart/97151/2 "2017-08-18T05:59:46Z")
just the master nodes are sufficient
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### Author:  [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gateway-expected-nodes-and-full-cluster-restart/97151/3 "2017-08-18T14:45:43Z")
Thank you @ywelsch!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gateway-expected-nodes-and-full-cluster-restart/97151/4 "2017-09-15T14:45:45Z")
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