# No active\_primary\_shards
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-active-primary-shards/138598
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 4, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-active-primary-shards/138598 "2018-07-04T17:02:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@eric\_Igbinosun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eric_Igbinosun)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-active-primary-shards/138598/1 "2018-07-04T17:02:11Z")
hello guys
i have set up an elasticsearch cluster with 1 master and 2 data nodes. the master run elasticsearch, logstash and filebeat,
now when i run the cmd
" curl localhost:9200/\_cluster/health?pretty=true"
i do not see any active shared
```auto
{
"cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
"status" : "green",
"timed_out" : false,
"number_of_nodes" : 3,
"number_of_data_nodes" : 2,
"active_primary_shards" : 0,
"active_shards" : 0,
"relocating_shards" : 0,
"initializing_shards" : 0,
"unassigned_shards" : 0,
"delayed_unassigned_shards" : 0,
"number_of_pending_tasks" : 0,
"number_of_in_flight_fetch" : 0,
"task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis" : 0,
"active_shards_percent_as_number" : 100.0
}
```
this is the tailed logs from the master node
```auto
root@master-1:~# tail -n 20 /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log
[2018-07-04T05:11:00,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [master-1] loaded module [repository-url]
[2018-07-04T05:11:00,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [master-1] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2018-07-04T05:11:00,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [master-1] loaded module [tribe]
[2018-07-04T05:11:00,390][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [master-1] no plugins loaded
[2018-07-04T05:11:12,207][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [master-1] using discovery type [zen]
[2018-07-04T05:11:15,211][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [master-1] initialized
[2018-07-04T05:11:15,211][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [master-1] starting ...
[2018-07-04T05:11:16,041][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [master-1] publish_address {192.168.56.103:9300}, bound_addresses {127.0.0.1:9300}, {[::1]:9300}, {192.168.56.103:9300}
[2018-07-04T05:11:16,112][INFO][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [master-1] bound or publishing to a non-loopback address, enforcing bootstrap checks
[2018-07-04T05:11:19,441][INFO][o.e.c.s.MasterService] [master-1] zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined), reason: new_master {master-1}{ghDIR4IjRHejp7bFBeM1Bw}{z5EQwiCqR1CwBZlhPzJs7w}{192.168.56.103}{192.168.56.103:9300}
[2018-07-04T05:11:19,491][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] [master-1] new_master {master-1}{ghDIR4IjRHejp7bFBeM1Bw}{z5EQwiCqR1CwBZlhPzJs7w}{192.168.56.103}{192.168.56.103:9300}, reason: apply cluster state (from master [master {master-1}{ghDIR4IjRHejp7bFBeM1Bw}{z5EQwiCqR1CwBZlhPzJs7w}{192.168.56.103}{192.168.56.103:9300} committed version [1] source [zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined)]])
[2018-07-04T05:11:19,620][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [master-1] recovered [0] indices into cluster_state
[2018-07-04T05:11:19,622][INFO][o.e.h.n.Netty4HttpServerTransport] [master-1] publish_address {192.168.56.103:9200}, bound_addresses {127.0.0.1:9200}, {[::1]:9200}, {192.168.56.103:9200}
[2018-07-04T05:11:19,622][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [master-1] started
[2018-07-04T14:31:56,802][INFO][o.e.c.s.MasterService] [master-1] zen-disco-node-join[{data-1}{jgpBRJIJTmusXKgsfsM67g}{4Dxj1nBETPGaLIUjw4VUKg}{192.168.56.104}{192.168.56.104:9300}], reason: added {{data-1}{jgpBRJIJTmusXKgsfsM67g}{4Dxj1nBETPGaLIUjw4VUKg}{192.168.56.104}{192.168.56.104:9300},}
[2018-07-04T14:31:57,083][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] [master-1] added {{data-1}{jgpBRJIJTmusXKgsfsM67g}{4Dxj1nBETPGaLIUjw4VUKg}{192.168.56.104}{192.168.56.104:9300},}, reason: apply cluster state (from master [master {master-1}{ghDIR4IjRHejp7bFBeM1Bw}{z5EQwiCqR1CwBZlhPzJs7w}{192.168.56.103}{192.168.56.103:9300} committed version [4] source [zen-disco-node-join[{data-1}{jgpBRJIJTmusXKgsfsM67g}{4Dxj1nBETPGaLIUjw4VUKg}{192.168.56.104}{192.168.56.104:9300}]]])
[2018-07-04T14:51:24,556][INFO][o.e.c.s.MasterService] [master-1] zen-disco-node-join[{data2}{ovih8koGRH2iJgr-iRHL8g}{6LxXEo7aQg6_635l2vv2cA}{192.168.56.101}{192.168.56.101:9300}], reason: added {{data2}{ovih8koGRH2iJgr-iRHL8g}{6LxXEo7aQg6_635l2vv2cA}{192.168.56.101}{192.168.56.101:9300},}
[2018-07-04T14:51:25,251][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] [master-1] added {{data2}{ovih8koGRH2iJgr-iRHL8g}{6LxXEo7aQg6_635l2vv2cA}{192.168.56.101}{192.168.56.101:9300},}, reason: apply cluster state (from master [master {master-1}{ghDIR4IjRHejp7bFBeM1Bw}{z5EQwiCqR1CwBZlhPzJs7w}{192.168.56.103}{192.168.56.103:9300} committed version [5] source [zen-disco-node-join[{data2}{ovih8koGRH2iJgr-iRHL8g}{6LxXEo7aQg6_635l2vv2cA}{192.168.56.101}{192.168.56.101:9300}]]])
[2018-07-04T14:52:59,986][WARN][o.e.m.j.JvmGcMonitorService] [master-1] [gc][young][7365][13] duration [5.6s], collections [1]/[6.3s], total [5.6s]/[6.6s], memory [123.1mb]->[71.8mb]/[1015.6mb], all_pools {[young] [66.3mb]->[797.5kb]/[66.5mb]}{[survivor] [7.9mb]->[4mb]/[8.3mb]}{[old] [48.8mb]->[67mb]/[940.8mb]}
[2018-07-04T14:53:00,022][WARN][o.e.m.j.JvmGcMonitorService] [master-1] [gc][7365] overhead, spent [5.6s] collecting in the last [6.3s]
```
this is my filebeat.yml
```auto
# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
# Array of hosts to connect to.
# hosts: ["192.168.56.103:9200"]
# Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
#protocol: "https"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"
#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
#output.logstash:
# The Logstash hosts
hosts: ["192.168.56.103:5044"]
# Optional SSL. By default is off.
# List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
#ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]
# Certificate for SSL client authentication
#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"
# Client Certificate Key
#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"
#================================ Logging =====================================
# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug
# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]
#============================== Xpack Monitoring ===============================
# filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The
# reporting is disabled by default.
# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#xpack.monitoring.enabled: false
# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well. Any setting that is not set is
# automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch output configuration, so if you
# have the Elasticsearch output configured, you can simply uncomment the
# following line.
#xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch:
```
i would be greatful for any help
---
### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-active-primary-shards/138598/2 "2018-07-04T23:50:06Z")
> [@eric\_Igbinosun](#):
>
> i have set up an elasticsearch cluster with 1 master and 2 data nodes
That's not idea, see [Important Configuration Changes | Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide [2.x] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/important-configuration-changes.html#_minimum_master_nodes) for more.
> [@eric\_Igbinosun](#):
>
> i would be greatful for any help
What do your Logstash logs show? What does the config look like for it?
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### Author:  [@eric\_Igbinosun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eric_Igbinosun)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-active-primary-shards/138598/3 "2018-07-05T17:03:31Z")
hello
i used the default setting but strangely enough i am not seeing any logs and the logstash file is empty i guess there is something wrong with the configuration
i know filebeat is to send logs to logstash in this senario. i dont know why i am not seeing any active shard
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-active-primary-shards/138598/4 "2018-08-02T17:03:41Z")
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