Getting error while setting up new cluster ES version 8.1.1

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
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ES is not starting.
systemctl start elasticsearch
Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xeu elasticsearch.service" for details.

Seeing following errors in application log :
[2024-10-19T14:17:31,978][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch ] [vb-es03] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [node.master] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:563) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:509) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:479) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:449) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:50) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:494) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:344) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:563) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:509) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:479) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:449) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:50) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:494) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:344) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.1.jar:?]
Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [node.data] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings

My yml file on all 3 cluster nodes is as follows :
#This node would be master eligible:
node.master: true
#This node would be a data node as well:
node.data: true
#Name the ES cluster
cluster.name: my-application
#The initial set of master-eligible nodes
cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["10.50.20.14", "10.50.20.15", "10.50.20.16"]
#Keep node name as the hostname of the server. Would be easier to track.
node.name: vb-es01
#Where the data would be stored
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
#Where the logs would be stored
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#Disabling swappingfor performance boost
bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#Enter the private IP of your node along with the localhost entry:
network.host: [127.0.0.1, 10.50.20.14]
#Private IPs of all your nodes:
discovery.seed_hosts: ["10.50.20.14", "10.50.20.15", "10.50.20.16"]
#To avoid split brain (N/2 + 1):
discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 2

Require explicit names when deleting indices:

action.destructive_requires_name: true

Need help in starting the cluster.

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Hi @greatvikas123,

Welcome! It looks like you are setting properties that do not exist, in this case node.master and node.data. As covered in this answer, you need to use the node.roles option:

node.roles: [ data, master ]

Hope that helps!

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What doc are you using? What install method?

Always start with the config files from the distro, not from blogs, examples or non Elastic sources.