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Elasticsearch Reference [1.4] » Cluster APIs » Nodes Shutdown
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Nodes Shutdownedit

The nodes shutdown API allows to shutdown one or more (or all) nodes in the cluster. Here is an example of shutting the _local node the request is directed to:

$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes/_local/_shutdown'

Specific node(s) can be shutdown as well using their respective node ids (or other selective options as explained here .):

$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes/nodeId1,nodeId2/_shutdown'

The master (of the cluster) can also be shutdown using:

$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes/_master/_shutdown'

Finally, all nodes can be shutdown using one of the options below:

$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_shutdown'

$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes/_shutdown'

$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes/_all/_shutdown'

Delayedit

By default, the shutdown will be executed after a 1 second delay (1s). The delay can be customized by setting the delay parameter in a time value format. For example:

$ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes/_local/_shutdown?delay=10s'

Disable Shutdownedit

The shutdown API can be disabled by setting action.disable_shutdown in the node configuration.

Rolling Restart of Nodes (Full Cluster Restart)edit

A rolling restart allows the ES cluster to be restarted one node at a time, with no observable downtime for end users. To perform a rolling restart:

  • Disable shard reallocation (optional). This is done to allow for a faster startup after cluster shutdown. If this step is not performed, the nodes will immediately start trying to replicate shards to each other on startup and will spend a lot of time on wasted I/O. With shard reallocation disabled, the nodes will join the cluster with their indices intact, without attempting to rebalance. After startup is complete, reallocation will be turned back on. 
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_cluster/settings -d '{
                "transient" : {
                    "cluster.routing.allocation.enable" : "none"
                }
        }'
  • Shut down a single node within the cluster (if you have dedicated master nodes, start with these before the data nodes).
  • Start the node back up and confirm that it has rejoined the cluster
  • Re-enable shard reallocation. 
   curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_cluster/settings -d '{
                "transient" : {
                    "cluster.routing.allocation.enable" : "all"
                }
        }'
  • Observe that all shards are properly allocated on all nodes. Balancing may take some time.
  • Repeat this process for all remaining nodes.
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