# Index Allocation based on attribute not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 10, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147 "2020-09-10T10:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/1 "2020-09-10T10:40:16Z")
Hi! Can someone pls explain to me why some shards dont get relocated to the correct node in my cluster? I want no shard on node-4 at the moment. Infos: ```auto GET _cat/nodeattrs node-4 172.21.2.174 172.21.2.174 ml.machine_memory 17179869184 node-4 172.21.2.174 172.21.2.174 ml.max_open_jobs 20 node-4 172.21.2.174 172.21.2.174 xpack.installed true node-4 172.21.2.174 172.21.2.174 store_type warm node-4 172.21.2.174 172.21.2.174 transform.node true node-1 172.21.2.120 172.21.2.120 ml.machine_memory 33620926464 node-1 172.21.2.120 172.21.2.120 xpack.installed true node-1 172.21.2.120 172.21.2.120 transform.node true node-1 172.21.2.120 172.21.2.120 ml.max_open_jobs 20 node-1 172.21.2.120 172.21.2.120 store_type hot node-3 172.21.3.14 172.21.3.14 ml.machine_memory 17179869184 node-3 172.21.3.14 172.21.3.14 ml.max_open_jobs 20 node-3 172.21.3.14 172.21.3.14 xpack.installed true node-3 172.21.3.14 172.21.3.14 store_type hot node-3 172.21.3.14 172.21.3.14 transform.node true node-2 172.21.2.86 172.21.2.86 ml.machine_memory 33613492224 node-2 172.21.2.86 172.21.2.86 ml.max_open_jobs 20 node-2 172.21.2.86 172.21.2.86 xpack.installed true node-2 172.21.2.86 172.21.2.86 store_type hot node-2 172.21.2.86 172.21.2.86 transform.node true ``` shards on node-4: ```auto ppr-ecs-test-2020.09 0 p STARTED 249 261.5kb 172.21.2.174 node-4 ``` index settings: ```auto { "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09" : { "settings" : { "index" : { "routing" : { "allocation" : { "include" : { "store_type" : "hot" } } }, "number_of_shards" : "1", "provided_name" : "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09", "creation_date" : "1599654541084", "number_of_replicas" : "1", "uuid" : "CS-UYQWcSCKdi-NAFGTsdQ", "version" : { "created" : "7080099" } } } } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![lzukel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lzukel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lzukel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/2 "2020-09-10T13:08:42Z")
Try the following ```auto { "settings" : { "index" : { "routing" : { "allocation" : { "require" : { "store_type" : "hot" } } }, "number_of_shards" : "1", "number_of_replicas" : "1" } } } } ``` The difference between include and require: Include means nodes may have that attribute Require means nodes must have that attribute ---
**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/3 "2020-09-10T13:40:17Z")
Can i overwrite the setting somehow? or delete the old one? Because now i have this: ```auto { "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09" : { "settings" : { "index" : { "routing" : { "allocation" : { "include" : { "store_type" : "hot" }, "require" : { "store_type" : "hot" } } }, "number_of_shards" : "1", "provided_name" : "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09", "creation_date" : "1599654541084", "number_of_replicas" : "1", "uuid" : "CS-UYQWcSCKdi-NAFGTsdQ", "version" : { "created" : "7080099" } } } } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![lzukel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lzukel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lzukel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/4 "2020-09-10T14:00:58Z")
```auto "include" : { "store_type" : "" } ``` setting null value will essentially remove the setting I would also recommend using index template for configuring this setting for all newly created indices where this setting is required. ---
**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/5 "2020-09-10T14:03:31Z")
OK, now with: ```auto { "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09" : { "settings" : { "index" : { "routing" : { "allocation" : { "include" : { "store_type" : "" }, "require" : { "store_type" : "hot" } } }, "number_of_shards" : "1", "provided_name" : "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09", "creation_date" : "1599654541084", "number_of_replicas" : "1", "uuid" : "CS-UYQWcSCKdi-NAFGTsdQ", "version" : { "created" : "7080099" } } } } } ``` Its the same. Shard is on node-4 pretty much ignoring the setting. Yeah for the new ones i do it via the template. ---
**Author:** ![lzukel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lzukel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lzukel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/6 "2020-09-10T14:12:11Z")
Can you post the output of: GET /\_cat/recovery/ppr-ecs-test-2020.09 ---
**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/7 "2020-09-10T14:22:23Z")
> [@lzukel](#): > > GET /\_cat/recovery/ppr-ecs-test-2020.09 ```auto ppr-ecs-test-2020.09 0 576ms peer done 172.21.2.120 node-1 172.21.3.14 node-3 n/a n/a 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 100.0% ppr-ecs-test-2020.09 0 2.5s peer done 172.21.2.120 node-1 172.21.2.174 node-4 n/a n/a 16 16 100.0% 16 267821 267821 100.0% 267821 0 0 100.0% ``` ---
**Author:** ![lzukel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lzukel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lzukel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/8 "2020-09-10T14:30:03Z")
Can you share response of: GET /allocation/explain?pretty Can also try: POST /\_cluster/reroute?retry\_failed=true ---
**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/9 "2020-09-10T14:34:20Z")
GET /\_cat/allocation/explain?pretty EMPTY response POST /\_cluster/reroute?retry\_failed=true ```auto ... "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09" : { "shards" : { "0" : [ { "state" : "STARTED", "primary" : false, "node" : "foRZv0ngQieXX3uwSXrZZg", "relocating_node" : null, "shard" : 0, "index" : "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09", "allocation_id" : { "id" : "NP22yUdkTkmpCM4vvzrF7A" } }, { "state" : "STARTED", "primary" : true, "node" : "zlcwsGyVSxOSE4c8I7MeVw", "relocating_node" : null, "shard" : 0, "index" : "ppr-ecs-test-2020.09", "allocation_id" : { "id" : "On_WcGlVT9KJd-_tM06MYA" } } ] } } ... ``` ---
**Author:** ![gruselglatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gruselglatz/32/42675_2.png) [@gruselglatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gruselglatz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/10 "2020-09-11T06:25:38Z")
After the upgrade to 7.9.1 the shards got assigned on the correct node ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-allocation-based-on-attribute-not-working/248147/11 "2020-10-09T06:26:01Z")
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