From 757c6a45a0494a62f44bf26fcd76be69b2692830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 12:29:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Adds discovery.type (#42823) Co-Authored-By: David Turner --- .../discovery/discovery-settings.asciidoc | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/discovery/discovery-settings.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/discovery/discovery-settings.asciidoc index 0c23e771089..bfd9cbd51fe 100644 --- a/docs/reference/modules/discovery/discovery-settings.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/modules/discovery/discovery-settings.asciidoc @@ -24,14 +24,21 @@ Discovery and cluster formation are affected by the following settings: name is deprecated but continues to work in order to preserve backwards compatibility. Support for the old name will be removed in a future version. + +`discovery.type`:: + + Specifies whether {es} should form a multiple-node cluster. By default, {es} + discovers other nodes when forming a cluster and allows other nodes to join + the cluster later. If `discovery.type` is set to `single-node`, {es} forms a + single-node cluster. For more information about when you might use this + setting, see <>. `cluster.initial_master_nodes`:: - Sets a list of the <> or transport addresses of the - initial set of master-eligible nodes in a brand-new cluster. By default - this list is empty, meaning that this node expects to join a cluster that - has already been bootstrapped. See <>. - + Sets the initial set of master-eligible nodes in a brand-new cluster. By + default this list is empty, meaning that this node expects to join a cluster + that has already been bootstrapped. See <>. + [float] ==== Expert settings