# Elasticsearch unassigned shards

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/elasticsearch-unassigned-shards/19521>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/elasticsearch-unassigned-shards/19521 "2021-04-19T09:47:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/elasticsearch-unassigned-shards/19521/3 "2021-04-19T10:19:56Z")

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Hi @Matthias

I had a similar problem a while ago, here the whole thread and what I did to solve it.

> [@Graylog rewriting "index template" in Elasticsearch](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-rewriting-index-template-in-elasticsearch/18901):
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> Hi Everyone! I’m new using Graylog, as well as use Elastichsearch in cluster and MongoDB, it’s been a long learning curve to me but I’m enjoying everything. My environment is: Graylog 4, 2 nodes running in cluster Elasticsearch 7, 6 nodes (2 hot, 2 warm, 2 cold) MongoDB (4.4.4) running in Graylogs master node elasticsearch-curator (5.8.3) running in the Elastichsearch master nodes I was trying to configure Elasticsearch ILM in my end, but I saw here ([improved elasticsearch index managemen…](https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-server/issues/9828)

Hope it helps.

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