# Start 1 node on only 3 node cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-1-node-on-only-3-node-cluster/233947>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-1-node-on-only-3-node-cluster/233947 "2020-05-22T18:22:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vinicius.Moreno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/958977/32.png) [@Vinicius.Moreno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinicius.Moreno)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-1-node-on-only-3-node-cluster/233947/1 "2020-05-22T18:22:17Z")

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I have 3 node master cluster, but 2 was lost (hardware failure). How I can bring up the last node forcing be a master?

I have that message:  
master not discovered or elected yet, an election requires at least 2 nodes. but I only have 1 node now

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-1-node-on-only-3-node-cluster/233947/2 "2020-05-23T20:33:39Z")

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Which version of Elasticsearch are you using?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-1-node-on-only-3-node-cluster/233947/3 "2020-06-20T20:33:45Z")

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