Which nodes should participate in election?

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I am not clear about, which type of nodes should participate in election.

As I understand from documentation by default, master eligible and data nodes take part in election, when client node don't.

But I can configure this by params:
discovery.zen.master_election.filter_client
discovery.zen.master_election.filter_data

So the question, is when I need to configure this, and what does it influence on?

2

Why do you want to change this, just let ES handle it!

3

I'm not going to change it, but I'd like to understand how and why it works?

4

If you have node/transport clients, for example in your code, you probably don't want them to take part in elections.

So really, you don't want to set that.

6

I do not understand how can I have nodes in code. As I understand node is an instance of elastic, am I right?

I can't find docs about election process, I understand minimum_master_nodes and split brain, but I can't understand by which principal nodes elect each other.
May be you know, where I can find this information?

7

Try reading the zen discovery code:
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/master/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen

8

You raise a good point, I've asked that we document this - https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/16463

9

Guys, thanks for your help.
Source code is exactly what I need.