# The index is red how i can do about it?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-index-is-red-how-i-can-do-about-it/123826
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 14, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-index-is-red-how-i-can-do-about-it/123826 "2018-03-14T01:57:26Z")
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### Author: ![zqc0512](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zqc0512/32/32141_2.png) [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-index-is-red-how-i-can-do-about-it/123826/1 "2018-03-14T01:57:26Z")

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use /cat search out put this the indices have 8 shards and two replicas the shard 7 can't ASSIGNED  
the status is allways UNASSIGNED, i close and open the index it output this again?  
how i can do about this output? thanks so much.  
@dadoonet

```
xx 7 p UNASSIGNED INDEX_REOPENED
xx 7 r UNASSIGNED INDEX_REOPENED
xx 7 r UNASSIGNED INDEX_REOPENED
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### Author: ![zqc0512](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zqc0512/32/32141_2.png) [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-index-is-red-how-i-can-do-about-it/123826/2 "2018-03-15T06:41:01Z")

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some one can help ?

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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: [April 12, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-index-is-red-how-i-can-do-about-it/123826/3 "2018-04-12T06:41:22Z")

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