# Kicking a node off Elasticsearch cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 8, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kicking-a-node-off-elasticsearch-cluster/9274 "2012-10-08T15:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nitish\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nitish_sharma/32/2626_2.png) [@Nitish\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nitish_Sharma)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kicking-a-node-off-elasticsearch-cluster/9274/1 "2012-10-08T15:53:46Z")
Hi, Is there a way to kick a node out of Elasticsearch cluster? Effectively, it means redistributing the shards present on the "faulty" node to the existing nodes, so that in meanwhile faulty node can be replaced. Cheers Nitish -- ---
**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:** [October 8, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kicking-a-node-off-elasticsearch-cluster/9274/2 "2012-10-08T17:14:21Z")
Why not shutdown the node? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 8 oct. 2012 à 17:53, Nitish Sharma [sharmanitishdutt@gmail.com](mailto:sharmanitishdutt@gmail.com) a écrit : Hi, Is there a way to kick a node out of Elasticsearch cluster? Effectively, it means redistributing the shards present on the "faulty" node to the existing nodes, so that in meanwhile faulty node can be replaced. ## Cheers Nitish -- ---
**Author:** ![Rafal\_Kuc\_3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rafal_kuc_3/32/799_2.png) [@Rafal\_Kuc\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rafal_Kuc_3)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kicking-a-node-off-elasticsearch-cluster/9274/3 "2012-10-08T17:17:14Z")
Hello! If you want to move shards from a node look here: [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2256](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2256) However its only available for the newest ElasticSearch version. _--_ Regards, Rafał Kuć Sematext :: [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) _:: Solr - Lucene - Nutch - ElasticSearch_ Why not shutdown the node? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 8 oct. 2012 ŕ 17:53, Nitish Sharma \<[sharmanitishdutt@gmail.com](mailto:sharmanitishdutt@gmail.com)\> a écrit : Hi, Is there a way to kick a node out of Elasticsearch cluster? Effectively, it means redistributing the shards present on the "faulty" node to the existing nodes, so that in meanwhile faulty node can be replaced. Cheers Nitish -- -- ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kicking-a-node-off-elasticsearch-cluster/9274/4 "2012-10-08T17:19:30Z")
> If you want to move shards from a node look here: > [Cluster Reroute API: Allow to specify allocation commands · Issue #2256 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2256) As David suggested, the shutdown API can be used - it will ensure that shards are reallocated as necessary clint > However its only available for the newest Elasticsearch version. > > -- > Regards, > Rafał Kuć > Sematext :: [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch - > Elasticsearch > > Why not shutdown the node? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / > @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 8 oct. 2012 ŕ 17:53, Nitish > Sharma [sharmanitishdutt@gmail.com](mailto:sharmanitishdutt@gmail.com) > a écrit : > > Hi, > Is there a way to kick a node out > of Elasticsearch cluster? > Effectively, it means > redistributing the shards present > on the "faulty" node to the > existing nodes, so that in > meanwhile faulty node can be > replaced. > > ## Cheers Nitish > > -- > > -- -- ---
**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, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kicking-a-node-off-elasticsearch-cluster/9274/5 "2017-07-06T03:09:43Z")