# Waiting for elected master node \[...\] to setup local exporter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/waiting-for-elected-master-node-to-setup-local-exporter/220063>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/waiting-for-elected-master-node-to-setup-local-exporter/220063 "2020-02-20T00:29:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![klahnakoski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/klahnakoski/32/3679_2.png) [@klahnakoski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/klahnakoski)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/waiting-for-elected-master-node-to-setup-local-exporter/220063/1 "2020-02-20T00:29:30Z")

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Elasticsearch version 6.5.4

All my nodes are emitting the message below, and make up the majority of my logs. What is the "local exporter"? how do I install it? how do I set it up?

This has been a problem since I installed the cluster in dec2018.

Thank you

```auto
[2020-02-20T00:22:18,086][INFO][o.e.x.m.e.l.LocalExporter] [coordinator6] waiting for elected master node [{master1}{68sPQmYrRdW60YXSGUeT2w}{q1O7KyfyQyyait5ZuC_ckA}{172.31.1.13}{172.31.1.13:9300}{ml.machine_memory=2090577920, ml.max_open_jobs=20, xpack.installed=true, ml.enabled=true, zone=primary}] to setup local exporter [default_local] (does it have x-pack installed?)
[2020-02-20T00:22:26,338][INFO][o.e.x.m.e.l.LocalExporter] [coordinator6] waiting for elected master node [{master1}{68sPQmYrRdW60YXSGUeT2w}{q1O7KyfyQyyait5ZuC_ckA}{172.31.1.13}{172.31.1.13:9300}{ml.machine_memory=2090577920, ml.max_open_jobs=20, xpack.installed=true, ml.enabled=true, zone=primary}] to setup local exporter [default_local] (does it have x-pack installed?)

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**Author:** ![klahnakoski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/klahnakoski/32/3679_2.png) [@klahnakoski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/klahnakoski)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/waiting-for-elected-master-node-to-setup-local-exporter/220063/2 "2020-02-20T00:53:06Z")

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it may be this:

```
curl -XPUT -d "{\"transient\" : {\"xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled\" : true}}" http://localhost:9200/_cluster/settings -H "Content-Type: application/json"
```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/waiting-for-elected-master-node-to-setup-local-exporter/220063/3 "2020-03-19T00:53:25Z")

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