From 76915f8ce09b2e9c031b285314769e95cc295b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Dyson Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:44:05 +1000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Provide explanation of dangling indices, fixes #26965 Adjusted from PR review comments --- docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc index 0af0d31fba2c5..e5975731cdf60 100644 --- a/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc @@ -48,3 +48,12 @@ as long as the following conditions are met: Recover as long as this many data nodes have joined the cluster. NOTE: These settings only take effect on a full cluster restart. + +=== Dangling indices + +When a node joins the cluster, any shards stored in its local data directory +directory which do not already exist in the cluster will be imported into the +cluster. This functionality is intended as a best effort to help users who +lost all master nodes. If a new master node is started which is unaware of +the other indices in the cluster, adding the old nodes will cause the old +indices to be imported, instead of being deleted. From 2fe4035a47d8a0bb37e48872d3d952cfb84fc626 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Dyson Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:32:54 +1000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] updates to suggested wording and minor typo fix. --- docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc index e5975731cdf60..76e0840793996 100644 --- a/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/modules/gateway.asciidoc @@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ NOTE: These settings only take effect on a full cluster restart. When a node joins the cluster, any shards stored in its local data directory directory which do not already exist in the cluster will be imported into the cluster. This functionality is intended as a best effort to help users who -lost all master nodes. If a new master node is started which is unaware of +lose all master nodes. If a new master node is started which is unaware of the other indices in the cluster, adding the old nodes will cause the old indices to be imported, instead of being deleted.