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elasticsearch-node — Manage low-level Elasticsearch node operations such as shutdown, repurpose, or viewing info. More in

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Problem

How to use the elasticsearch-node command: Manage low-level Elasticsearch node operations such as shutdown, repurpose, or viewing info. More information: <https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/command-line-tools/node-tool>.

Solution

elasticsearch-node — Manage low-level Elasticsearch node operations such as shutdown, repurpose, or viewing info. More information: <https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/command-line-tools/node-tool>.

Display information about the current node:

elasticsearch-node info

Prepare the node for a full cluster restart (e.g., after upgrading):

elasticsearch-node unsafe-bootstrap

Repurpose a node for a different role (e.g., from master to data node):

elasticsearch-node repurpose

List the roles assigned to the node:

elasticsearch-node roles

Show the installed JVM version, Elasticsearch home path, and other diagnostic information:

elasticsearch-node diagnostics

Display help:

elasticsearch-node {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Display information about the current node

elasticsearch-node info

Prepare the node for a full cluster restart (e.g., after upgrading)

elasticsearch-node unsafe-bootstrap

Repurpose a node for a different role (e.g., from master to data node)

elasticsearch-node repurpose

List the roles assigned to the node

elasticsearch-node roles

Show the installed JVM version, Elasticsearch home path, and other diagnostic information

elasticsearch-node diagnostics

Context

tldr-pages: common/elasticsearch-node

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