# Using Curl to change cluster settings
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-curl-to-change-cluster-settings/321086
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 13, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-curl-to-change-cluster-settings/321086 "2022-12-13T04:53:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@matt\_dee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matt_dee)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-curl-to-change-cluster-settings/321086/1 "2022-12-13T04:53:52Z")
Hi.
I'm quite new to ES and have done most of the admin through kibana
I was doing a cluster restart and disabled shard allocation via dev tools through Kibana.
Now I've started the nodes back up Kibana is giving an error:
"Remove persistent and transient Elasticsearch cluster setting 'cluster.routing.allocation.enable' or set it to a value of all to 'all' migrations to preceded."
I think I know what needs to be done however with no access to the devtools how to I go about changing the cluster settings?
Can I push it through the browser to port9200?
'Im wanting to learn how to use Curl (viaPowerShell) but so far everything I found on curl is tied to assumed knowledge and I'm having trouble getting my head around it.
Could I please get some advice?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-curl-to-change-cluster-settings/321086/2 "2022-12-13T05:13:59Z")
I would try a tool like [Postman](https://www.postman.com/downloads/) which has a GUI and will also show you what the `curl` requests look like.
It's a good tool to learn REST APIs
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### Author:  [@matt\_dee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matt_dee)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-curl-to-change-cluster-settings/321086/3 "2022-12-13T22:21:39Z")
Thanks Stephen, Ill give it a try!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-curl-to-change-cluster-settings/321086/4 "2023-01-10T22:22:13Z")
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