# Why one node has no shard at all
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-one-node-has-no-shard-at-all/204348
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 20, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-one-node-has-no-shard-at-all/204348 "2019-10-20T10:40:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Nee\_Defeng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nee_Defeng)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-one-node-has-no-shard-at-all/204348/1 "2019-10-20T10:40:41Z")
One index was created as Unassigned:
```
/localhost:9200/_cat/shards?v
index shard prirep state docs store ip node
.kibana_task_manager_1 0 p STARTED 2 46.1kb 192.168.96.11 es03
.kibana_task_manager_1 0 r STARTED 2 46.1kb 192.168.96.5 es05
.security-7 0 p STARTED 36 74.7kb 192.168.96.5 es05
.security-7 0 r STARTED 36 77.8kb 192.168.96.3 es01
kibana_sample_data_ecommerce 0 p STARTED 4675 4.9mb 192.168.96.11 es03
kibana_sample_data_ecommerce 0 r STARTED 4675 4.8mb 192.168.96.9 es02
kibana_sample_data_flights 0 p STARTED 13059 6.2mb 192.168.96.9 es02
kibana_sample_data_flights 0 r UNASSIGNED
.kibana_1 0 p STARTED 118 985.2kb 192.168.96.9 es02
.kibana_1 0 r STARTED 118 978kb 192.168.96.8 es06
test123 0 p UNASSIGNED
test123 0 r UNASSIGNED
/localhost:9200/_cat/allocation?v
shards disk.indices disk.used disk.avail disk.total disk.percent host ip node
0 0b 32.2gb 163.6gb 195.8gb 16 192.168.96.10 192.168.96.10 es04
2 4.9mb 32.2gb 163.6gb 195.8gb 16 192.168.96.11 192.168.96.11 es03
1 978kb 32.2gb 163.6gb 195.8gb 16 192.168.96.8 192.168.96.8 es06
3 12.1mb 32.2gb 163.6gb 195.8gb 16 192.168.96.9 192.168.96.9 es02
2 120.9kb 32.2gb 163.6gb 195.8gb 16 192.168.96.5 192.168.96.5 es05
1 77.8kb 32.2gb 163.6gb 195.8gb 16 192.168.96.3 192.168.96.3 es01
3 UNASSIGNED
ip heap.percent ram.percent cpu load_1m load_5m load_15m node.role master name
192.168.96.5 33 99 3 0.29 0.45 0.68 dilm - es05
192.168.96.10 32 99 3 0.29 0.45 0.68 dilm - es04
192.168.96.3 39 99 3 0.29 0.45 0.68 dilm - es01
192.168.96.8 27 99 3 0.29 0.45 0.68 dilm - es06
192.168.96.11 36 99 3 0.29 0.45 0.68 dilm - es03
192.168.96.9 41 99 3 0.29 0.45 0.68 dilm * es02
```
Cluster setting:
```
/localhost:9200/_cluster/settings?pretty
{
"persistent" : { },
"transient" : {
"cluster" : {
"routing" : {
"allocation" : {
"exclude" : {
"rack_id" : "rack_1,rack_3,rack_2"
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
Node (es04) setting:
```
"nodes" : {
"PtXX3FXcR66MoOvkZKm3gg" : {
"name" : "es04",
"transport_address" : "192.168.96.10:9300",
"host" : "192.168.96.10",
"ip" : "192.168.96.10",
"version" : "7.4.0",
"build_flavor" : "default",
"build_type" : "docker",
"build_hash" : "22e1767283e61a198cb4db791ea66e3f11ab9910",
"total_indexing_buffer" : 51897958,
"roles" : [
"ingest",
"master",
"data",
"ml"
],
"attributes" : {
"rack_id" : "rack_1",
"ml.machine_memory" : "15692754944",
"ml.max_open_jobs" : "20",
"xpack.installed" : "true"
},
"settings" : {
"cluster" : {
"initial_master_nodes" : "es01,es02,es03",
"name" : "docker-cluster",
"election" : {
"strategy" : "supports_voting_only"
}
},
"node" : {
"attr" : {
"rack_id" : "rack_1",
"xpack" : {
"installed" : "true"
},
"ml" : {
"machine_memory" : "15692754944",
"max_open_jobs" : "20"
}
},
"name" : "es04"
},
"path" : {
"logs" : "/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs",
"home" : "/usr/share/elasticsearch",
"repo" : [
"/snapshot"
]
},
"discovery" : {
"seed_hosts" : "es01,es02,es03"
},
"client" : {
"type" : "node"
},
"http" : {
"cors" : {
"allow-origin" : "\"*\"",
"allow-headers" : "'X-Requested-With, X-Auth-Token, Content-Type, Content-Length, Authorization, Access-Control-Allow-Headers, Accept'",
"allow-credentials" : "true",
"enabled" : "true"
},
"compression" : "false",
"type" : "security4",
"type.default" : "netty4"
},
"bootstrap" : {
"memory_lock" : "true"
},
"transport" : {
"type" : "security4",
"features" : {
"x-pack" : "true"
},
"type.default" : "netty4"
},
"xpack" : {
"license" : {
"self_generated" : {
"type" : "trial"
}
},
"security" : {
"http" : {
"ssl" : {
"enabled" : "true"
}
},
"enabled" : "true",
"transport" : {
"ssl" : {
"enabled" : "true"
}
}
}
},
"network" : {
"host" : "0.0.0.0"
}
},
"os" : {
"refresh_interval_in_millis" : 1000,
"name" : "Linux",
"pretty_name" : "CentOS Linux 7 (Core)",
"arch" : "amd64",
"version" : "4.15.0-65-generic",
"available_processors" : 8,
"allocated_processors" : 8
},
"process" : {
"refresh_interval_in_millis" : 1000,
"id" : 1,
"mlockall" : true
},
```
Why? Thanks
---
### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-one-node-has-no-shard-at-all/204348/2 "2019-10-20T12:33:22Z")
The allocation explain API is the tool of choice for questions like this.
> **[RED Elasticsearch Cluster? Panic no longer](https://www.elastic.co/blog/red-elasticsearch-cluster-panic-no-longer)**
>
> Your cluster is RED - you have unassigned shards and your cluster is not fully operational. Introducing a new Elasticsearch API which will save the day.
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### Author:  [@Nee\_Defeng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nee_Defeng)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-one-node-has-no-shard-at-all/204348/3 "2019-10-20T20:53:59Z")
That tells me the reason, very nice, thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-one-node-has-no-shard-at-all/204348/4 "2019-11-17T20:54:02Z")
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