# Single node ElasticSearch always status yellow
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-elasticsearch-always-status-yellow/84494
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-elasticsearch-always-status-yellow/84494 "2017-05-04T07:19:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@JohanLanderholm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JohanLanderholm)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-elasticsearch-always-status-yellow/84494/1 "2017-05-04T07:19:01Z")
Hi,
My single node elastic search (5.3.2) system is always yellow because the number\_of\_replicas is default 1.
I have tried to find out how to change this but failed so far.
1. I tried using elastic search.yml setting, but this is apparently only a pre-5.x setting.
2. Tried the default template mapping in the developer tab:
`set /_template/_all { "template" : "*", "settings" : { "number_of_replicas" : "0" }}`
but this does not work.
What is the way to do this?
Why is the default setting 1 instead of 0 ?
/J
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### Author:  [@Crolnus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Crolnus)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-elasticsearch-always-status-yellow/84494/2 "2017-05-11T05:34:47Z")
What is your shards size ?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-elasticsearch-always-status-yellow/84494/3 "2017-05-11T05:46:56Z")
What is this command?
```auto
set /_template/_all { "template" : "*", "settings" : { "number_of_replicas" : "0" }}
```
Does not look something I have ever seen.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/single-node-elasticsearch-always-status-yellow/84494/4 "2017-06-08T05:53:45Z")
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