# Unassigned shards on es 5.5.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 17, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779 "2018-09-17T07:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/1 "2018-09-17T07:32:49Z")
Hello, Im running elasticSearch 5.5.1 on port 9200. I have a problem with its shards : not all of them are assign and right now , I dont have access to all of my files in my indexes. How can i solve this problem? Thanks ---
**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:** [September 17, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/2 "2018-09-17T07:35:27Z")
It would help if you provided some additional information about your cluster. What does the [cluster heath API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-health.html) give? ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/3 "2018-09-17T07:42:15Z")
This is my cluster health : { "cluster\_name": "master", "status": "red", "timed\_out": false, "number\_of\_nodes": 1, "number\_of\_data\_nodes": 1, "active\_primary\_shards": 28, "active\_shards": 28, "relocating\_shards": 0, "initializing\_shards": 0, "unassigned\_shards": 195, "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": 12.556053811659194 } ---
**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:** [September 17, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/4 "2018-09-17T07:44:37Z")
You can use the [cluster allocation explain API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/cluster-allocation-explain.html) to see why a certain shard is not allocated. Please run this against a few and post the results here. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/5 "2018-09-17T07:53:36Z")
I have several indices but i get only one index from the API, ---
**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:** [September 17, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/6 "2018-09-17T08:21:44Z")
What do you get if you use the [cat shards API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/cat-shards.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/7 "2018-09-17T08:32:18Z")
I get a lot of rows like : justice 2 p UNASSIGNED justice 2 r UNASSIGNED ---
**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:** [September 17, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/8 "2018-09-17T08:34:33Z")
And what does the cluster allocation explain API give? ```auto GET /_cluster/allocation/explain { "index": "justice", "shard": 2, "primary": true } ``` ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/9 "2018-09-17T08:39:58Z")
it gives me info about sone other index (that created auto) > { > > "index": ".watches", > > "shard": 0, > > "primary": false, > > "current\_state": "unassigned", > > "unassigned\_info":{ > > "reason": "CLUSTER\_RECOVERED", > > "at": "2018-09-17T07:20:45.494Z", > > "last\_allocation\_status": "no\_attempt" > > }, > > "can\_allocate": "no", > > "allocate\_explanation": "cannot allocate because allocation is not permitted to any of the nodes", > > "node\_allocation\_decisions":[ > > {"node\_id": "Y3a7Me1vRzqpA6yWGbZbjg", "node\_name": "Y3a7Me1", "transport\_address": "xx.xx.xx.xxx:9302",…} > > ] > > } ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unassigned-shards-on-es-5-5-1/148779/10 "2018-10-15T08:40:00Z")
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