# Unable to initialize Fleet

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/324643>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** fleet\
**Created:** [February 3, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/324643 "2023-02-03T11:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![beth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@beth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/beth)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/324643/1 "2023-02-03T11:27:48Z")

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Hi all,  
I am getting this error:

> unable to initialize Fleet
> 
> search\_phase\_execution\_exception: [no\_shard\_available\_action\_exception] Reason: null

Deployment Version 8.2.2

Someone please help?

 ![fleet error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/2/5291bdfaa21cf83f95ad0dd3d3ad882e02ff5b5e.png)

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**Author:** ![Cristina\_Amico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cristina\_Amico](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristina_Amico)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/324643/2 "2023-02-06T10:52:25Z")

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Hi @beth,

Could you check if your cluster is healthy first?

Navigate to Dev Tools on the left side panel and execute this command:

```auto
GET /_cluster/health/

```

The `status` parameter in the response should be `green`. If it's `yellow` or `red` it means that there is something wrong in the cluster as explained [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.2/cluster-health.html)

Thanks,  
Cristina

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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:** [March 6, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/324643/3 "2023-03-06T10:53:21Z")

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