# Index status going to RED After I create index with this setting "index.routing.allocation.require.box\_type": "hot"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-status-going-to-red-after-i-create-index-with-this-setting-index-routing-allocation-require-box-type-hot/180583>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 10, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-status-going-to-red-after-i-create-index-with-this-setting-index-routing-allocation-require-box-type-hot/180583 "2019-05-10T15:23:22Z")\
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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:** [May 10, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-status-going-to-red-after-i-create-index-with-this-setting-index-routing-allocation-require-box-type-hot/180583/2 "2019-05-10T15:41:33Z")

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Do you have an attribute named `box_type` set to `hot` in your Elasticsearch configuration? [This post](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-writing-into-warm-nodes-along-with-hot-nodes/180444) indicates the attribute may be named `data` and not `box_type`.

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