# Master node crash in elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-node-crash-in-elasticsearch/9335
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 12, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-node-crash-in-elasticsearch/9335 "2012-10-12T11:10:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@satyendar\_duddukuri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/satyendar_duddukuri)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-node-crash-in-elasticsearch/9335/1 "2012-10-12T11:10:08Z")
I want to know what happens if master node crash in elasticsearch.
- does any other nodes in the cluster act as master node.
- do we have to configure another node to act as master node in case of
failover.
- does es automatically recovers some how like recovering a shard from
replica when primary shard crashes.
Please some one explain me on this subject as 'kimchy' also didn't answer
this question that was raised in another elasticsearch blog.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-node-crash-in-elasticsearch/9335/2 "2012-10-12T12:19:45Z")
Answers :
1/ yes
2/ yes
3/ yes
You can test it really easily. Just start some nodes and crash some of them.
## HTH
David 😉
Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs
Le 12 oct. 2012 à 13:10, satyendar duddukuri [satyendar.duddukuri@2ergo.com](mailto:satyendar.duddukuri@2ergo.com) a écrit :
> I want to know what happens if master node crash in elasticsearch.
>
> - does any other nodes in the cluster act as master node.
> - do we have to configure another node to act as master node in case of failover.
> - does es automatically recovers some how like recovering a shard from replica when primary shard crashes.
>
> ## Please some one explain me on this subject as 'kimchy' also didn't answer this question that was raised in another elasticsearch blog.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-node-crash-in-elasticsearch/9335/3 "2017-07-06T03:09:03Z")