# Just Pushed: Allow to disable shard allocations **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-allow-to-disable-shard-allocations/5442 "2011-09-23T14:38:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-allow-to-disable-shard-allocations/5442/1 "2011-09-23T14:38:17Z")
Heya, Just pushed support to allow to suspend shard allocation: [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1358](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1358). This can come in handy when wanting to restart a node without shards being allocated as a result of that (just don't forget to enable it back once the node has been restarted). -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic\_Levesque](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ludovic_levesque/32/3031_2.png) [@Ludovic\_Levesque](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ludovic_Levesque)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-allow-to-disable-shard-allocations/5442/2 "2011-09-23T15:05:14Z")
Hi, in which way it affects the cluster status reported on /\_cluster/health, is it still green or still goes to yellow ? Thanks, Ludo On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > Heya, > Just pushed support to allow to suspend shard > allocation: [Allow to disable shard allocations · Issue #1358 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1358). This > can come in handy when wanting to restart a node without shards being > allocated as a result of that (just don't forget to enable it back once the > node has been restarted). > -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-allow-to-disable-shard-allocations/5442/3 "2011-09-23T15:39:56Z")
It will be yellow, since not all shards will be allocated. On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Ludovic Levesque [luddic@gmail.com](mailto:luddic@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > in which way it affects the cluster status reported on > /\_cluster/health, is it still green or still goes to yellow ? > > Thanks, > Ludo > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Heya, > > Just pushed support to allow to suspend shard > > allocation: [Allow to disable shard allocations · Issue #1358 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1358). > > This > > can come in handy when wanting to restart a node without shards being > > allocated as a result of that (just don't forget to enable it back once > > the > > node has been restarted). > > -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic\_Levesque](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ludovic_levesque/32/3031_2.png) [@Ludovic\_Levesque](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ludovic_Levesque)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-allow-to-disable-shard-allocations/5442/4 "2011-09-23T16:07:40Z")
Ok thanks On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > It will be yellow, since not all shards will be allocated. > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Ludovic Levesque [luddic@gmail.com](mailto:luddic@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > in which way it affects the cluster status reported on > > /\_cluster/health, is it still green or still goes to yellow ? > > > > Thanks, > > Ludo > > > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Heya, > > > Just pushed support to allow to suspend shard > > > allocation: [Allow to disable shard allocations · Issue #1358 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1358). > > > This > > > can come in handy when wanting to restart a node without shards being > > > allocated as a result of that (just don't forget to enable it back once > > > the > > > node has been restarted). > > > -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-allow-to-disable-shard-allocations/5442/5 "2017-07-06T03:53:42Z")