# Unassigned shards not rerouting
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-not-rerouting/63935
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 25, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-not-rerouting/63935 "2016-10-25T20:28:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@gurodrigues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gurodrigues)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-not-rerouting/63935/1 "2016-10-25T20:28:43Z")
My shards get red and they are all unassigned.
curl -XGET "[http://localhost:9200/\_cluster/health?level=shards](http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?level=shards)"
{
"cluster\_name": "dk\_cluster",
"status": "red",
"timed\_out": false,
"number\_of\_nodes": 1,
"number\_of\_data\_nodes": 1,
"active\_primary\_shards": 1,
"active\_shards": 1,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 5,
"delayed\_unassigned\_shards": 0,
"number\_of\_pending\_tasks": 0,
"number\_of\_in\_flight\_fetch": 0,
"task\_max\_waiting\_in\_queue\_millis": 0,
"active\_shards\_percent\_as\_number": 16.666666666666664,
"indices": {
".kibana": {
"status": "green",
"number\_of\_shards": 1,
"number\_of\_replicas": 0,
"active\_primary\_shards": 1,
"active\_shards": 1,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 0,
"shards": {
"0": {
"status": "green",
"primary\_active": true,
"active\_shards": 1,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 0
}
}
},
"report": {
"status": "red",
"number\_of\_shards": 5,
"number\_of\_replicas": 0,
"active\_primary\_shards": 0,
"active\_shards": 0,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 5,
"shards": {
"0": {
"status": "red",
"primary\_active": false,
"active\_shards": 0,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 1
},
"1": {
"status": "red",
"primary\_active": false,
"active\_shards": 0,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 1
},
"2": {
"status": "red",
"primary\_active": false,
"active\_shards": 0,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 1
},
"3": {
"status": "red",
"primary\_active": false,
"active\_shards": 0,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 1
},
"4": {
"status": "red",
"primary\_active": false,
"active\_shards": 0,
"relocating\_shards": 0,
"initializing\_shards": 0,
"unassigned\_shards": 1
}
}
}
}
}
curl -XGET "[http://localhost:9200/\_cat/shards](http://localhost:9200/_cat/shards)"
.kibana 0 p STARTED 1 3.2kb 158.69.123.202 denakop1
report 2 p UNASSIGNED
report 3 p UNASSIGNED
report 4 p UNASSIGNED
report 1 p UNASSIGNED
report 0 p UNASSIGNED
I'm trying to run the follow code to reroute my shards
curl -XPOST "[http://localhost:9200/\_cluster/reroute](http://localhost:9200/_cluster/reroute)" -d'
{
"commands": [{
"allocate": {
"index": "report",
"shard": 0,
"node": "denakop1",
"allow\_primary": 1
}
}]
}'
But it is not working .. When i saw the log file it is returning "primary shard is not active"
I would like to know what i can do to restore my data.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-not-rerouting/63935/2 "2017-07-05T22:09:45Z")