# Seems like elasticsearch is not reading my yml file
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 29, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122 "2015-12-29T19:59:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/1 "2015-12-29T19:59:59Z")
I am currently trying to set up two different elasticsearch nodes. I have the cluster label the same in both of the yml but [node.name](http://node.name) different. When i look at marvel it doesn't show any of these name. When I try " curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/\_cluster/health?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty=true)' " it says my cluster is named elastic search. Any idea what I did wrong?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/2 "2015-12-29T20:02:08Z")
What version, what do the configs look like?
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/3 "2015-12-29T20:18:20Z")
elasticsearc =2.1.0
yml is
#
# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
[cluster.name](http://cluster.name): dvo\_elk\_cluster
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
[node.name](http://node.name): dvo\_es\_4
#
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/4 "2015-12-29T20:37:21Z")
How are you starting ES?
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/5 "2015-12-29T20:46:32Z")
init.d script
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/6 "2015-12-29T21:02:51Z")
Are both these nodes on the same server?
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/7 "2015-12-29T21:08:07Z")
no different ones
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/8 "2015-12-29T21:09:29Z")
When you start ES, what does the process look like. By that I mean start ES and then do a `ps -ef|grep elasticsearch`, then paste that.
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/9 "2015-12-29T21:11:49Z")
the process is running, The ELK stack works, its just the naming conventions are off.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/10 "2015-12-29T21:12:44Z")
Right, but if you post what I asked then we can be sure it's looking for the config file in the same place you edited it.
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/11 "2015-12-29T21:15:15Z")
java -Xms10g -Xmx10g -Djava.awt. headless=true -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupanc yFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djna.nosys=true -Des.path.home=/us r/share/elasticsearch -cp /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch-2.1.0.jar:/ usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/\* org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch start -D es.pidfile=/var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.pid -Des.default.path.home=/usr/ share/elasticsearch -Des.default.path.logs=/var/logs/elasticsearch -Des.defau lt.path.data=/var/lib/elasticsearch -Des.default.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/12 "2015-12-29T21:15:47Z")
> [@kmroz](#):
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> /etc/elasticsearch
And that is where you edited the `elasticsearch.yml` files?
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/13 "2015-12-29T21:16:09Z")
yes it is
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/14 "2015-12-29T21:18:10Z")
Weird, can you post your entire config file onto gist/pastebin/etc and link it here?
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/15 "2015-12-29T21:22:37Z")
>
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/16 "2015-12-29T21:34:56Z")
Ok, so the .yml file is pretty sensitive and that leading space on lines 17 and 23 are going to matter.
Remove that and you should be good.
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/17 "2015-12-29T21:37:44Z")
thats It!! Thank you so much!
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/18 "2015-12-29T21:41:23Z")
one last question, for both of my nodes to talk to each other, is there anything else I need to do in the yml?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/19 "2015-12-29T21:44:48Z")
Check out - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/\_important\_configuration\_changes.html#\_prefer\_unicast\_over\_multicast](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_important_configuration_changes.html#_prefer_unicast_over_multicast)
Also check out - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/\_important\_configuration\_changes.html#\_minimum\_master\_nodes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_important_configuration_changes.html#_minimum_master_nodes)
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### Author:  [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seems-like-elasticsearch-is-not-reading-my-yml-file/38122/20 "2015-12-29T21:45:47Z")
ok thank you!
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