Hi ,
I am configuring two node opendistro elastic cluster , installed ODE/kibana on each node , configured each node as master/data node.
Now I have some questions before I get any further with setup :
- How to change default number of shards and replicas , I need cluster to be fully operational if one node goes completely down .
- Is there any issues with each server having ES listening on port 9200 ?
- I need to have kibana work on case of node failure , can I just install kibana on both systems , point each kibana to local ES server ?
Thanks
Hi,
First thing you have to know that two node elasticsearch cluster is not a good idea if you want to cover one node failure scenario. In this case you would have to configure
minimum_master_nodes:1
and basically if you will have connection interruption between your 2 es nodes you will have split brain problem
With only 2 nodes you should configure
minimum_master_nodes:2
but then if one node will go down whole cluster will change it state to RED
So basically minimum multinode cluster should have 3 nodes with:
minimum_master_nodes:2
then one node can goes down.
Answearing rest of your question:
-number of shards and replicas can be set when you create and index or using templates:
-no issue with port 9200
-you can install kibana on both server. You can even install it on your laptop
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