# Updating node settings
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 3, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057 "2014-12-03T11:10:49Z")
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### Author:  [@Ernesto\_Reig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ernesto_Reig)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057/1 "2014-12-03T11:10:49Z")
Hello,
I would like to update the settings of all the nodes in our cluster without
having to restart them. The settings are the following:
PUT \_cluster/settings
{
"persistent" : {
"gateway.type": "local",
"gateway.recover\_after\_nodes": 3,
"gateway.expected\_nodes": 3,
"gateway.recover\_after\_time": "30m",
"gateway.local.auto\_import\_dangled": "no",
"gateway.local.dangling\_timeout": "30m"
}
}
After executing the precious instruction I get an "aknowledge:true" answer,
however when I try to get the settings via "get \_nodes/settings", those
settings are not updated at all. Any idea why this happens? Do these
settings require a restart?
Kind regards,
Ernesto
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057/2 "2014-12-03T11:28:48Z")
Maybe because you are looking at \_node when you applied it to \_cluster, see
if they are returned when you get \_cluster/settings.
Cluster settings are applied to the nodes, but they are not "stored' in the
same API endpoint.
On 3 December 2014 at 22:10, Ernesto Reig [ernirulez@gmail.com](mailto:ernirulez@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to update the settings of all the nodes in our cluster
> without having to restart them. The settings are the following:
> PUT \_cluster/settings
> {
> "persistent" : {
> "gateway.type": "local",
> "gateway.recover\_after\_nodes": 3,
> "gateway.expected\_nodes": 3,
> "gateway.recover\_after\_time": "30m",
> "gateway.local.auto\_import\_dangled": "no",
> "gateway.local.dangling\_timeout": "30m"
> }
> }
>
> After executing the precious instruction I get an "aknowledge:true"
> answer, however when I try to get the settings via "get \_nodes/settings",
> those settings are not updated at all. Any idea why this happens? Do these
> settings require a restart?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ernesto
>
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### Author:  [@Ernesto\_Reig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ernesto_Reig)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057/3 "2014-12-03T11:31:15Z")
That was the first place I look into (get \_cluster/settings), and I just
got:
{
"persistent": {},
"transient": {}
}
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:29:19 PM UTC+1, Mark Walkom wrote:
> Maybe because you are looking at \_node when you applied it to \_cluster,
> see if they are returned when you get \_cluster/settings.
>
> Cluster settings are applied to the nodes, but they are not "stored' in
> the same API endpoint.
>
> On 3 December 2014 at 22:10, Ernesto Reig \<[erni...@gmail.com](mailto:erni...@gmail.com) \
>
> > wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I would like to update the settings of all the nodes in our cluster
> > without having to restart them. The settings are the following:
> > PUT \_cluster/settings
> > {
> > "persistent" : {
> > "gateway.type": "local",
> > "gateway.recover\_after\_nodes": 3,
> > "gateway.expected\_nodes": 3,
> > "gateway.recover\_after\_time": "30m",
> > "gateway.local.auto\_import\_dangled": "no",
> > "gateway.local.dangling\_timeout": "30m"
> > }
> > }
> >
> > After executing the precious instruction I get an "aknowledge:true"
> > answer, however when I try to get the settings via "get \_nodes/settings",
> > those settings are not updated at all. Any idea why this happens? Do these
> > settings require a restart?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Ernesto
> >
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057/4 "2014-12-03T11:59:46Z")
Then that's not a setting you can apply via the API, you need to edit the
elaticsearch.yml and restart unfortunately.
On 3 December 2014 at 22:31, Ernesto Reig [ernirulez@gmail.com](mailto:ernirulez@gmail.com) wrote:
> That was the first place I look into (get \_cluster/settings), and I just
> got:
> {
> "persistent": {},
> "transient": {}
> }
>
> On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:29:19 PM UTC+1, Mark Walkom wrote:
>
> > Maybe because you are looking at \_node when you applied it to \_cluster,
> > see if they are returned when you get \_cluster/settings.
> >
> > Cluster settings are applied to the nodes, but they are not "stored' in
> > the same API endpoint.
> >
> > On 3 December 2014 at 22:10, Ernesto Reig [erni...@gmail.com](mailto:erni...@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > I would like to update the settings of all the nodes in our cluster
> > > without having to restart them. The settings are the following:
> > > PUT \_cluster/settings
> > > {
> > > "persistent" : {
> > > "gateway.type": "local",
> > > "gateway.recover\_after\_nodes": 3,
> > > "gateway.expected\_nodes": 3,
> > > "gateway.recover\_after\_time": "30m",
> > > "gateway.local.auto\_import\_dangled": "no",
> > > "gateway.local.dangling\_timeout": "30m"
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > After executing the precious instruction I get an "aknowledge:true"
> > > answer, however when I try to get the settings via "get \_nodes/settings",
> > > those settings are not updated at all. Any idea why this happens? Do these
> > > settings require a restart?
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > Ernesto
> > >
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### Author:  [@Ernesto\_Reig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ernesto_Reig)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057/5 "2014-12-03T12:20:49Z")
Ok, thank you very much for the answer 🙂
On 3 December 2014 at 12:59, Mark Walkom [markwalkom@gmail.com](mailto:markwalkom@gmail.com) wrote:
> Then that's not a setting you can apply via the API, you need to edit the
> elaticsearch.yml and restart unfortunately.
>
> On 3 December 2014 at 22:31, Ernesto Reig [ernirulez@gmail.com](mailto:ernirulez@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > That was the first place I look into (get \_cluster/settings), and I just
> > got:
> > {
> > "persistent": {},
> > "transient": {}
> > }
> >
> > On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:29:19 PM UTC+1, Mark Walkom wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe because you are looking at \_node when you applied it to \_cluster,
> > > see if they are returned when you get \_cluster/settings.
> > >
> > > Cluster settings are applied to the nodes, but they are not "stored' in
> > > the same API endpoint.
> > >
> > > On 3 December 2014 at 22:10, Ernesto Reig [erni...@gmail.com](mailto:erni...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I would like to update the settings of all the nodes in our cluster
> > > > without having to restart them. The settings are the following:
> > > > PUT \_cluster/settings
> > > > {
> > > > "persistent" : {
> > > > "gateway.type": "local",
> > > > "gateway.recover\_after\_nodes": 3,
> > > > "gateway.expected\_nodes": 3,
> > > > "gateway.recover\_after\_time": "30m",
> > > > "gateway.local.auto\_import\_dangled": "no",
> > > > "gateway.local.dangling\_timeout": "30m"
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > After executing the precious instruction I get an "aknowledge:true"
> > > > answer, however when I try to get the settings via "get \_nodes/settings",
> > > > those settings are not updated at all. Any idea why this happens? Do these
> > > > settings require a restart?
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > >
> > > > Ernesto
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-node-settings/21057/6 "2017-07-06T00:46:19Z")