# How can i increase ".kibana" index shards?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-increase-kibana-index-shards/174391>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-increase-kibana-index-shards/174391 "2019-03-28T16:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajkumar.m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@rajkumar.m](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajkumar.m)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-increase-kibana-index-shards/174391/1 "2019-03-28T16:35:56Z")

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how can i increase ".kibana" index shards?  
i have 6 data node elastic cluster, and observed that i have only 1 Primary shard with 1 replica for ".kibana" index.  
when ever my 2 data nodes goes down, the two of the ".kibana" indices are not available and causing cluster health to go red.  
Please help

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**Author:** ![christophilus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christophilus/32/42991_2.png) [@christophilus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christophilus)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-increase-kibana-index-shards/174391/2 "2019-03-28T19:54:03Z")

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You'd need to [reindex](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-reindex.html) your Kibana index. And then be sure to point the `.kibana` alias to it when the reindex completes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-increase-kibana-index-shards/174391/3 "2019-04-25T20:06:36Z")

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