# How to avoid cluster yellow without any indexing **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-cluster-yellow-without-any-indexing/9589 "2012-11-07T01:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jae/32/791_2.png) [@Jae](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jae)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-cluster-yellow-without-any-indexing/9589/1 "2012-11-07T01:25:12Z")
I've been running elasticsearch cluster for more than 2 months. It was a long journey and I finally came to the kafka river, which can make elasticseach cluster more resilient because data pulling model is much more stable than pushing model. Good thing is, I can totally stop elasticsearch indexing without any data loss. Question is, even though I stopped all indexing by stopping all river instances, when I restarted one elasticsearch instance, the server status became yellow. So, how can I update elasticsearch cluster without making the server status yellow even there's no indexing and querying? Thank you Best, Jae -- ---
**Author:** ![drewr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/drewr/32/7803_2.png) [@drewr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/drewr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-cluster-yellow-without-any-indexing/9589/2 "2012-11-07T07:01:01Z")
Jae wrote: > Question is, even though I stopped all indexing by stopping all > river instances, when I restarted one elasticsearch instance, the > server status became yellow. So, how can I update elasticsearch > cluster without making the server status yellow even there's no > indexing and querying? Does it stay yellow, or does it eventually recover to green? There isn't any inherent limitation with it being yellow; you can still index and search. It just means not all replicas are accounted for, which is common while a newly started node initializes its shards. -Drew -- ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-cluster-yellow-without-any-indexing/9589/3 "2012-11-07T19:52:41Z")
Basically you want to restart a server for various reasons? You can temporarily disable dynamic allocation using cluster.routing.allocation.disable\_allocation. Simply re-enable allocation when you are done restarting. > **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. > **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. -- Ivan On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Jae [metacret@gmail.com](mailto:metacret@gmail.com) wrote: > I've been running elasticsearch cluster for more than 2 months. It was a > long journey and I finally came to the kafka river, which can make > elasticseach cluster more resilient because data pulling model is much more > stable than pushing model. Good thing is, I can totally stop elasticsearch > indexing without any data loss. > > Question is, even though I stopped all indexing by stopping all river > instances, when I restarted one elasticsearch instance, the server status > became yellow. So, how can I update elasticsearch cluster without making > the server status yellow even there's no indexing and querying? > > Thank you > Best, Jae > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-avoid-cluster-yellow-without-any-indexing/9589/4 "2017-07-06T03:05:36Z")