# Service unavailable when trying to set up opendistro. Getting cluster block exception **URL:** \ **Category:** Security\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/service-unavailable-when-trying-to-set-up-opendistro-getting-cluster-block-exception/1142 "2019-07-15T19:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daleatav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@daleatav](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/daleatav)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/service-unavailable-when-trying-to-set-up-opendistro-getting-cluster-block-exception/1142/1 "2019-07-15T19:33:15Z")
Hello, I am trying to set up a new ES cluster with the opendistro plugin. I am starting out with one node so far and I can’t do anything with ES from the get go. When I try, “curl -sk [https://localhost:9200](https://localhost:9200)”, I get Open Distro Security not initialized. So after looking at my logs, I noticed this: [2019-07-15T19:14:24,521][INFO][c.a.o.s.c.ConfigurationRepository] [elasticsearch-1] Will create .opendistro\_security index so we can apply default config 2632 [2019-07-15T19:14:54,528][DEBUG][o.e.a.a.i.c.TransportCreateIndexAction] [elasticsearch-1] timed out while retrying [indices:admin/create] after failure (timeout [30s]) 2633 org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException: blocked by: [SERVICE\_UNAVAILABLE/1/state not recovered / initialized]; The service is up and running and I can get to port 9200 and 9300 just fine using telnet, so I know the ports are up and listening. I am at loss as to why this will not start. Any ideas? I am using ES 7.0.1 with Opendistro 1.0.0.0. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/anthony/32/9939_2.png) [@Anthony](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Anthony)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/service-unavailable-when-trying-to-set-up-opendistro-getting-cluster-block-exception/1142/2 "2021-04-15T14:02:30Z")
@daleatav Did you manage to get this resolved? If not, can you confirm which way you set up ES and odfe (docker, rpm, etc)