# Voting Only Node **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 27, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/voting-only-node/196883 "2019-08-27T06:34:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prafull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prafull/32/56422_2.png) [@Prafull](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prafull)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/voting-only-node/196883/1 "2019-08-27T06:34:09Z")
Hi, I am trying to create voting only node along with 2 master eligible node via docker. I am able to create master node but not able to create a voting only node. getting below error. Also, find docker-compose.yml below- **docker-compose.yml** version: '2.2' services: es01: image: [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.0.0](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.0.0) container\_name: es01 environment: - node.name=es01 - node.master=true - xpack.monitoring.enabled=false - node.data=false - discovery.seed\_hosts=es02 - cluster.initial\_master\_nodes=es01,es02 - cluster.name=docker-cluster - bootstrap.memory\_lock=true - "ES\_JAVA\_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m" ulimits: memlock: soft: -1 hard: -1 volumes: - esdata01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data ports: - 9200:9200 networks: - esnet es02: image: [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.0.0](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.0.0) container\_name: es02 environment: - node.name=es02 - xpack.monitoring.enabled=false - node.master=true - node.data=false - discovery.seed\_hosts=es01 - cluster.initial\_master\_nodes=es01,es02 - cluster.name=docker-cluster - bootstrap.memory\_lock=true - "ES\_JAVA\_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m" ulimits: memlock: soft: -1 hard: -1 volumes: - esdata02:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data networks: - esnet es03: image: [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.0.0](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.0.0) container\_name: es03 environment: - node.name=es03 - node.master=false - xpack.monitoring.enabled=true - node.voting\_only=true - node.data=false - node.ingest=false - node.ml=false - xpack.ml.enabled=false - cluster.remote.connect=false - discovery.seed\_hosts=es01 - cluster.initial\_master\_nodes=es01,es02 - cluster.name=docker-cluster - bootstrap.memory\_lock=true - "ES\_JAVA\_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m" ulimits: memlock: soft: -1 hard: -1 volumes: - esdata03:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data networks: - esnet volumes: esdata01: driver: local esdata02: driver: local esdata03: driver: local networks: esnet: driver: bridge **Error** {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2019-08-27T06:24:24,562+0000", "level": "WARN", "component": "o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler", "cluster.name": "docker-cluster", "node.name": "es03", "message": "uncaught exception in thread [main]" , es03 | "stacktrace": ["org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [node.voting\_only] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [node.voting\_only] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:531) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:476) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:447) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:418) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:148) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:341) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]", es03 | "... 6 more"] } ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/voting-only-node/196883/2 "2019-08-27T06:57:43Z")
Voting only nodes were added in 7.3.0, but you are using 7.0.0. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/voting-only-node/196883/3 "2019-09-24T06:57:56Z")
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