# How to assign an unassigned shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-assign-an-unassigned-shards/107307>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 12, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-assign-an-unassigned-shards/107307 "2017-11-12T14:48:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![vishu.kolki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/439d5e/32.png) [@vishu.kolki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vishu.kolki)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-assign-an-unassigned-shards/107307/1 "2017-11-12T14:48:32Z")

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Hi,

When i check my elasticsearch health status, i find one unassigned\_shard.  
So how can i assign it manually, since it is a prod environment, i cannot afford down time.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-assign-an-unassigned-shards/107307/2 "2017-11-12T16:57:16Z")

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Can you check why the shard is unassigned through the [cluster allocation explain API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/cluster-allocation-explain.html)?

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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:** [December 10, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-assign-an-unassigned-shards/107307/3 "2017-12-10T16:57:17Z")

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