# Shard Allocation with multiple includes/excludes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 13, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-allocation-with-multiple-includes-excludes/8411 "2012-07-13T19:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@Robert\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robert_2)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-allocation-with-multiple-includes-excludes/8411/1 "2012-07-13T19:11:45Z")
I am trying to setup Shard Allocation using multiple includes, although the behavior is not what I would expect. I have read through the docs and searched through the group, but I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. The following is the setup and some examples of what happened vs what I expected when trying to allocate shards. If anyone has any insight into this it would be greatly appreciated. Three nodes set up the following way: NODE0 - node.nodeNum:0 node.nodeAlpha:A NODE1 - node.nodeNum:1 node.nodeAlpha:B NODE2 - node.nodeNum:2 node.nodeAlpha:A When created my index Initially the shards are split evenly between nodes, since I have no allocation setup [Expected]...but then things get strange... 1. I setup the index to include 'nodeNum:1', then all shards go to NODE1 [Expected] 2. I then add include 'nodeAlpha:A', and the shards split up between NODE0 & NODE2 [Expected] - I would expect the shards not to move as we now have include = 'nodeNum:1' & 'nodeAlpha:A', which would include all nodes 3. If I then change the first include to 'nodeNum:0', the shards don't move [Expected] - I would expect the shards all to go to NODE0 as we now have include = 'nodeNum:0' & 'nodeAlpha:A', which are both settings for NODE0 ---
**Author:** ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-allocation-with-multiple-includes-excludes/8411/2 "2012-07-22T23:58:28Z")
Robert - this may help - [http://blog.sematext.com/2012/05/29/elasticsearch-shard-placement-control/](http://blog.sematext.com/2012/05/29/elasticsearch-shard-placement-control/) ## Otis Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) Scalable Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) On Friday, July 13, 2012 3:11:45 PM UTC-4, Robert wrote: > I am trying to setup Shard Allocation using multiple includes, although > the behavior is not what I would expect. I have read through the docs and > searched through the group, but I can't seem to figure out what I am doing > wrong. The following is the setup and some examples of what happened vs > what I expected when trying to allocate shards. If anyone has any insight > into this it would be greatly appreciated. > > Three nodes set up the following way: > > NODE0 - > node.nodeNum:0 > node.nodeAlpha:A > > NODE1 - > node.nodeNum:1 > node.nodeAlpha:B > > NODE2 - > node.nodeNum:2 > node.nodeAlpha:A > > When created my index Initially the shards are split evenly between nodes, > since I have no allocation setup [Expected]...but then things get strange... > > 1. I setup the index to include 'nodeNum:1', then all shards go to NODE1 > [Expected] > 2. I then add include 'nodeAlpha:A', and the shards split up between NODE0 > & NODE2 > [Expected] - I would expect the shards not to move as we now have include > = 'nodeNum:1' & 'nodeAlpha:A', which would include all nodes > 3. If I then change the first include to 'nodeNum:0', the shards don't move > [Expected] - I would expect the shards all to go to NODE0 as we now have > include = 'nodeNum:0' & 'nodeAlpha:A', which are both settings for NODE0 ---
**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, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-allocation-with-multiple-includes-excludes/8411/3 "2017-07-06T03:19:30Z")