From fd6d0c7bc7d01775102817976a58f2609ccaf4fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lcawl Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 13:03:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Backports #42823 --- docs/reference/modules/discovery/zen.asciidoc | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/discovery/zen.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/discovery/zen.asciidoc index 98967bf7ebaf4..5a4ceada6cf9c 100644 --- a/docs/reference/modules/discovery/zen.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/modules/discovery/zen.asciidoc @@ -224,3 +224,13 @@ cluster. The `discovery.zen.no_master_block` setting doesn't apply to nodes-based apis (for example cluster stats, node info and node stats apis). Requests to these apis will not be blocked and can run on any available node. + +[float] +[[single-node]] +==== Single-node discovery + +The `discovery.type` setting 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 <>.