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To check elasticsearch cluster health by using (CURL) and Cluster API “cat” provieded by elasticsearch<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The cat API print the info in JSON format, compact and aligned text which is easy to read by Human eyes. health command when a cluster is malfunctioning. During this period, it\u2019s extremely important to correlate activities across log files, alerting systems, etc. There are two outputs. The HH:MM:SS output is simply for quick human consumption. The epoch time retains more information, including date, and is machine sortable if your recovery spans days.<\/div>\n
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curl -X GET “localhost:9200\/_cat\/master?v”<\/div>\n
GET \/_cat\/master?v<\/div>\n
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curl -X GET “localhost:9200\/_cat\/master?help”<\/div>\n
GET \/_cat\/master?help<\/div>\n
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GET \/_cat\/health?v<\/div>\n
curl -X GET “localhost:9200\/_cat\/health?v”<\/div>\n
curl -XGET ‘localhost:9200\/_cluster\/health?pretty’<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.elastic.co\/guide\/en\/elasticsearch\/reference\/current\/cat.html<\/a><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.elastic.co\/guide\/en\/elasticsearch\/reference\/current\/cat-health.html<\/a><\/div>\n
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