# IF Masternode fail/down how can we know? How can we check that?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-masternode-fail-down-how-can-we-know-how-can-we-check-that/52629>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 13, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-masternode-fail-down-how-can-we-know-how-can-we-check-that/52629 "2016-06-13T15:30:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amit2015](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Amit2015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amit2015)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-masternode-fail-down-how-can-we-know-how-can-we-check-that/52629/1 "2016-06-13T15:30:07Z")

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Hi,

If Masternode fail/down how can we know? How can we check that masternode is fail? any command/Plugin or Kibana?? Please share your knowledge.

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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:** [June 14, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-masternode-fail-down-how-can-we-know-how-can-we-check-that/52629/2 "2016-06-14T02:12:11Z")

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Depends.  
If you have a single master then your cluster will get a 500 response.  
If you have multiples then use the `_cat/master` or `_cat/nodes` to detect changes.

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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, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-masternode-fail-down-how-can-we-know-how-can-we-check-that/52629/3 "2017-07-05T22:44:08Z")

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