# Unable to form a ES cluster in windows environment **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\ **Created:** [August 10, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-form-a-es-cluster-in-windows-environment/6743 "2021-08-10T06:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shaimoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@shaimoh](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/shaimoh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-form-a-es-cluster-in-windows-environment/6743/1 "2021-08-10T06:43:15Z")
Hi Team, I am trying to configure a 3 node cluster using ODFE. (1 master and 2 data nodes) however after following the steps given in [Cluster Formation - Open Distro Documentation](https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch-docs/docs/elasticsearch/cluster/) , Im not able to form the cluster. I started the ES services on all 3 nodes after updating the yml file and tried with [http://masternodeip:9200](http://masternodeip:9200) but it says “Page cannot be displayed” however when Im trying with a single node using Localhost, it seems to be working. Please note I havent done any changes to the certificates or the security options. Im using the demo certificates by default. Im quite new to ELK. please help ---
**Author:** ![shaimoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@shaimoh](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/shaimoh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-form-a-es-cluster-in-windows-environment/6743/2 "2021-08-10T06:43:59Z")
**below is the yml file of master node** \* ---------------------------------- Cluster ----------------------------------- # # Use a descriptive name for your cluster: # cluster.name: test-cluster # # ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------ # # Use a descriptive name for the node: # node.name: test-master node.master: true node.data: false # Add custom attributes to the node: # #node.attr.rack: r1 # # ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------ # # Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma): # path.data: C:\ELK\opendistroforelasticsearch\_1.13.2\lib\elasticsearch # # Path to log files: # path.logs: C:\ELK\opendistroforelasticsearch\_1.13.2\logs\elasticsearch # # ----------------------------------- Memory ----------------------------------- # # Lock the memory on startup: # bootstrap.memory\_lock: true # # Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available # on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this # limit. # # Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory. # # ---------------------------------- Network ----------------------------------- # # Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6): # network.host: 10.200.59.33 # # Set a custom port for HTTP: # http.port: 9200 # # For more information, consult the network module documentation. # # --------------------------------- Discovery ---------------------------------- # # Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when this node is started: # The default list of hosts is [“127.0.0.1”, “[::1]”] # discovery.seed\_hosts: [“10._._._" , "10._._._”] # # Bootstrap the cluster using an initial set of master-eligible nodes: # cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: [“test-master”] # # For more information, consult the discovery and cluster formation module documentation. # # ---------------------------------- Gateway ----------------------------------- # # Block initial recovery after a full cluster restart until N nodes are started: # #gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 3 # # For more information, consult the gateway module documentation. # # ---------------------------------- Various ----------------------------------- # # Require explicit names when deleting indices: # #action.destructive\_requires\_name: true ######## Start OpenDistro for Elasticsearch Security Demo Configuration ######## # WARNING: revise all the lines below before you go into production opendistro\_security.ssl.transport.pemcert\_filepath: esnode.pem opendistro\_security.ssl.transport.pemkey\_filepath: esnode-key.pem opendistro\_security.ssl.transport.pemtrustedcas\_filepath: root-ca.pem opendistro\_security.ssl.transport.enforce\_hostname\_verification: false opendistro\_security.ssl.http.enabled: true opendistro\_security.ssl.http.pemcert\_filepath: esnode.pem opendistro\_security.ssl.http.pemkey\_filepath: esnode-key.pem opendistro\_security.ssl.http.pemtrustedcas\_filepath: root-ca.pem opendistro\_security.allow\_unsafe\_democertificates: true opendistro\_security.allow\_default\_init\_securityindex: true opendistro\_security.authcz.admin\_dn: - CN=kirk,OU=client,O=client,L=test, C=de opendistro\_security.audit.type: internal\_elasticsearch opendistro\_security.enable\_snapshot\_restore\_privilege: true opendistro\_security.check\_snapshot\_restore\_write\_privileges: true opendistro\_security.restapi.roles\_enabled: [“all\_access”, “security\_rest\_api\_access”] opendistro\_security.system\_indices.enabled: true opendistro\_security.system\_indices.indices: [“.opendistro-alerting-config”, “.opendistro-alerting-alert\*”, “.opendistro-anomaly-results\*”, “.opendistro-anomaly-detector\*”, “.opendistro-anomaly-checkpoints”, “.opendistro-anomaly-detection-state”, “.opendistro-reports-_", ".opendistro-notifications-_”, “.opendistro-notebooks”, “.opendistro-asynchronous-search-response\*”] cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold\_enabled: true node.max\_local\_storage\_nodes: 2 ---
**Author:** ![shaimoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@shaimoh](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/shaimoh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-form-a-es-cluster-in-windows-environment/6743/3 "2021-08-10T07:15:37Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/0/00081305de734b6e26e68490b30e08a195a15055.png) This is the error I get after entering the masternodeip:9200