# REST API | Cluster Admin | Get master **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 19, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-api-cluster-admin-get-master/3241 "2010-08-19T19:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pablo\_Borges](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pablo_borges/32/3313_2.png) [@Pablo\_Borges](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pablo_Borges)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-api-cluster-admin-get-master/3241/1 "2010-08-19T19:51:24Z")
Hey guys, Would it be too much trouble to query a node and ask it who is its master ? I've been running elastic search for some time now and I'd really like to write some admin tools to deal with the cluster. This is one of the problems I run into quite often and it's always a pain to debug. 😃 I think maybe a new field /\_cluster/state will help too. 🙂 Cheers, ---
**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:** [August 19, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-api-cluster-admin-get-master/3241/2 "2010-08-19T21:51:15Z")
There is one, its in cluster state since 0.9. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Pablo Borges [pablort@gmail.com](mailto:pablort@gmail.com) wrote: > Hey guys, > > Would it be too much trouble to query a node and ask it who is its master ? > I've been running Elasticsearch for some time now and I'd really like to > write some admin tools to deal with the cluster. This is one of the problems > I run into quite often and it's always a pain to debug. 😃 > > I think maybe a new field /\_cluster/state will help too. 🙂 > > Cheers, ---
**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, 4:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rest-api-cluster-admin-get-master/3241/3 "2017-07-06T04:20:32Z")