# java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting \[node.roles\] please check that any required plugins are installed **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Search\ **Created:** [September 1, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121 "2020-09-01T15:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snehadarshini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@snehadarshini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/snehadarshini)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/1 "2020-09-01T15:38:29Z")
```auto Added node.roles: [master] in elasticsearch.yml configuration. Index or shard allocation is not done yet. Using 7.8.1 version of elastic search. However on starting the node I get the below exception Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [node.roles] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:544) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:489) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:460) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:431) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:149) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:370) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] ... 6 more uncaught exception in thread [main] java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [node.roles] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:544) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:489) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:460) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:431) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:149) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:370) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ``` ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/2 "2020-09-01T20:41:32Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 Are you asking for assistance here or are you just posting part of your log file? ---
**Author:** ![snehadarshini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@snehadarshini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/snehadarshini)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/3 "2020-09-02T07:37:07Z")
Hello, I need assistance . How to set master only or data only node. If I follow the documentation, then I see that I need to set node.roles: [master] in elasticsearch.yml file. But when I do that, I get the above exception ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/4 "2020-09-02T21:11:05Z")
Can you please share your `elasticsearch.yml`? Please format your code/logs/config using the `` button, or markdown style back ticks. It helps to make things easy to read which helps us help you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snehadarshini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@snehadarshini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/snehadarshini)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/5 "2020-09-03T06:48:32Z")
> [@warkolm](#): > > button Hello, The issue seems to have resolved when I updated from 7.8.1 to 7.9. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![AlexXXX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexxxx/32/79963_2.png) [@AlexXXX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AlexXXX)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/6 "2020-12-29T09:10:09Z")
I have the same issue. How to fix it? I need to setup node role to data\_hot ``` java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [node.roles] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:544) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:489) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:460) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:431) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:149) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:370) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) For complete error details, refer to the log at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/elastiflow.log ``` This is yaml conf of cluster data node, runned at docker container with docker-compose. I cannot use 7.9 it must be 7.8.1 ``` version: '3' services: elastiflow1: image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.8.1 container_name: elastiflow1 # restart: 'unless-stopped' restart: 'no' ulimits: memlock: soft: -1 hard: -1 nofile: soft: 131072 hard: 131072 nproc: 8192 fsize: -1 network_mode: host volumes: # You will need to create the path and permissions on the local file system where Elasticsearch will store data. # For example... # mkdir /var/lib/elastiflow_es && chown -R 1000:1000 /var/lib/elastiflow_es - /var/lib/elastiflow_es:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro" environment: # JVM Heap size # - this should be at least 2GB for simple testing, receiving only a few flows per second. # - for production environments upto 31GB is recommended. ES_JAVA_OPTS: '-Xms32766m -Xmx32766m' cluster.name: elastiflow bootstrap.memory_lock: 'true' node.master: "false" node.data: "true" node.ingest: "true" discovery.seed_hosts: '[zoo1.11.ru, zoo2.11.ru]' node.roles: '[data_hot]' # node.attr.box_type: hot network.host: 0.0.0.0 http.port: 9200 node.name: mon01.11.ru es_enable_xpack: "true" xpack.ml.enabled: "false" xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled: "true" # index.number_of_replicas: 1 # xpack.security.enabled: "true" # action.auto_create_index: .security,.monitoring*,.watches,.triggered_watches,.watcher-history*,elastiflow-* es_java_install: "true" # cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["zoo1.11.ru", "zoo2.11.ru"] indices.query.bool.max_clause_count: 10240 search.max_buckets: 250000 action.destructive_requires_name: 'true' TZ: "Europe/Moscow" # index.max_result_window: 100000 elastiflow-logstash: image: robcowart/elastiflow-logstash:4.0.1 container_name: elastiflow-logstash # restart: 'unless-stopped' restart: 'no' depends_on: - elastiflow1 network_mode: host environment: # JVM Heap size - this MUST be at least 3GB (4GB preferred) LS_JAVA_OPTS: '-Xms16g -Xmx16g' # ElastiFlow global configuration ELASTIFLOW_AGENT_ID: elastiflow ELASTIFLOW_GEOIP_CACHE_SIZE: 16384 ELASTIFLOW_GEOIP_LOOKUP: 'true' ELASTIFLOW_ASN_LOOKUP: 'true' ELASTIFLOW_OUI_LOOKUP: 'false' ELASTIFLOW_POPULATE_LOGS: 'true' ELASTIFLOW_KEEP_ORIG_DATA: 'true' ELASTIFLOW_DEFAULT_APPID_SRCTYPE: 'cisco_nbar2' # Name resolution option ELASTIFLOW_RESOLVE_IP2HOST: 'true' ELASTIFLOW_NAMESERVER: '10.10.7.10' ELASTIFLOW_DNS_HIT_CACHE_SIZE: 25000 ELASTIFLOW_DNS_HIT_CACHE_TTL: 900 ELASTIFLOW_DNS_FAILED_CACHE_SIZE: 75000 ELASTIFLOW_DNS_FAILED_CACHE_TTL: 3600 # in opensource it ignored ELASTIFLOW_ES_HOST: '127.0.0.1:9200' ELASTIFLOW_ES_HOST_2: 'mon02.11.ru:9200' ELASTIFLOW_ES_USER: 'elastic' ELASTIFLOW_ES_PASSWD: 'changeme' # doc_as_upsert: "true" ELASTIFLOW_NETFLOW_IPV4_PORT: 2055 ELASTIFLOW_NETFLOW_UDP_WORKERS: 4 ELASTIFLOW_NETFLOW_UDP_QUEUE_SIZE: 40960 ELASTIFLOW_NETFLOW_UDP_RCV_BUFF: 335544320 ELASTIFLOW_SFLOW_IPV4_PORT: 6343 ELASTIFLOW_SFLOW_UDP_WORKERS: 2 ELASTIFLOW_SFLOW_UDP_QUEUE_SIZE: 4096 ELASTIFLOW_SFLOW_UDP_RCV_BUFF: 33554432 ELASTIFLOW_IPFIX_TCP_IPV4_PORT: 4739 ELASTIFLOW_IPFIX_UDP_WORKERS: 2 ELASTIFLOW_IPFIX_UDP_QUEUE_SIZE: 4096 ELASTIFLOW_IPFIX_UDP_RCV_BUFF: 33554432 TZ: "Europe/Moscow" volumes: - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro" ``` ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/7 "2020-12-29T16:58:21Z")
> [@AlexXXX](#): > > I cannot use 7.9 it must be 7.8.1 Then you can not use this setting `node.roles: '[data_hot]'` ---
**Author:** ![Naveen\_Kumar\_Reddy\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/naveen_kumar_reddy_s/32/85199_2.png) [@Naveen\_Kumar\_Reddy\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Naveen_Kumar_Reddy_S)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/8 "2022-06-04T11:12:52Z")
hi warkolm I am also getting same error as above and I am using elastic 8.x . Do i need to add any external plugins as the error suggesting. if that is the solution pls suggest me the respective plugin which i need to install. Thankyou Here is my Elasticsearch.yml file cluster.name: cname node.name: node-2 node.master: false path.data: /var/lib/Elasticsearch path.logs: /var/log/Elasticsearch network.host: 0.0.0.0 http.port: 9200 discovery.seed\_hosts: ["a1", "a2"] cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: ["a1"] http.host: 0.0.0.0 xpack.security.enabled: true xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification\_mode: certificate xpack.security.transport.ssl.client\_authentication: required xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path: /etc/Elasticsearch/certs/elastic-certificates.p12 xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path: /etc/Elasticsearch/certs/elastic-certificates.p12 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-unknown-setting-node-roles-please-check-that-any-required-plugins-are-installed/247121/9 "2022-11-04T08:12:09Z")