# How to change the cluster health status from red to green

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 2, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914 "2016-05-02T05:21:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![sravani\_amarachinta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sravani\_amarachinta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravani_amarachinta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914/1 "2016-05-02T05:21:12Z")

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How to change the cluster health status from red to green, are there any commands used to do so.

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914/2 "2016-05-02T05:24:54Z")

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You should check your logs and various `_cat` APIs to see why things are not green.

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### Author: ![sravani\_amarachinta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sravani\_amarachinta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravani_amarachinta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914/3 "2016-05-02T06:45:06Z")

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how do i check \_cat APIs

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### Author: ![JoarSvensson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joarsvensson/32/8740_2.png) [@JoarSvensson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JoarSvensson)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914/4 "2016-05-02T06:54:07Z")

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If you're running Elasticsearch on you local machine, type this in the browser: [http://localhost:9200/\_cat/health](http://localhost:9200/_cat/health)

Reference: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-health.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-health.html)

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### Author: ![sravani\_amarachinta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@sravani\_amarachinta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravani_amarachinta)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914/5 "2016-05-02T08:21:40Z")

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Thank You.I'll try it out.

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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: [July 5, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-cluster-health-status-from-red-to-green/48914/6 "2017-07-05T22:54:48Z")

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