# Retrieve node.data and http.enabled settings from elasticsearch.yml or API remotely

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-node-data-and-http-enabled-settings-from-elasticsearch-yml-or-api-remotely/17356
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 5, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-node-data-and-http-enabled-settings-from-elasticsearch-yml-or-api-remotely/17356 "2014-05-05T20:52:26Z")
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### Author: ![Arkadiy\_Rudin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@Arkadiy\_Rudin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arkadiy_Rudin)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-node-data-and-http-enabled-settings-from-elasticsearch-yml-or-api-remotely/17356/1 "2014-05-05T20:52:26Z")

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Hi,

Working on setting up some custom console for ES clusters.  
We are having some nodes acting as clients only and some as data nodes only.  
Just wondering how to retrieve the type of the node using REST or Java API.

Sincerely,

Arkadiy

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-node-data-and-http-enabled-settings-from-elasticsearch-yml-or-api-remotely/17356/2 "2014-05-05T22:37:41Z")

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Check out this page -

> **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)**
>
> Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today.

There is also the cat API -

> **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)**
>
> Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today.

Regards,  
Mark Walkom

Infrastructure Engineer  
Campaign Monitor  
email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com)  
web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)

On 6 May 2014 06:52, Arkadiy Rudin [arkrud85@gmail.com](mailto:arkrud85@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Working on setting up some custom console for ES clusters.  
> We are having some nodes acting as clients only and some as data nodes  
> only.  
> Just wondering how to retrieve the type of the node using REST or Java API.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Arkadiy
> 
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### Author: ![Arkadiy\_Rudin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@Arkadiy\_Rudin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arkadiy_Rudin)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieve-node-data-and-http-enabled-settings-from-elasticsearch-yml-or-api-remotely/17356/3 "2014-05-06T02:35:38Z")

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Thank You Mark!!!  
\_cat/nodes is exactly what I need  
\_nodes as I can see only provides master status but but not client/data  
status

On Monday, May 5, 2014 6:37:41 PM UTC-4, Mark Walkom wrote:

> Check out this page -  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-nodes-info.html)  
> There is also the cat API -  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-nodes.html)
> 
> Regards,  
> Mark Walkom
> 
> Infrastructure Engineer  
> Campaign Monitor  
> email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \<javascript:\>  
> web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com)
> 
> On 6 May 2014 06:52, Arkadiy Rudin \<[arkr...@gmail.com](mailto:arkr...@gmail.com) \<javascript:\>\>wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Working on setting up some custom console for ES clusters.  
> > We are having some nodes acting as clients only and some as data nodes  
> > only.  
> > Just wondering how to retrieve the type of the node using REST or Java  
> > API.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Arkadiy
> > 
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