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ECH

Elastic Cloud Hosted lets you manage and configure one or more deployments of the versioned Elastic Stack, hosted on Elastic Cloud.

Availability

  • Generally available

    This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage.

ECK

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes extends Kubernetes orchestration capabilities to allow you to deploy and manage components of the Elastic Stack.

Availability

  • Generally available

    This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage.

This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.

ECE

Elastic Cloud Enterprise is a self-managed orchestration platform for deploying and managing the Elastic Stack at scale.

Availability

  • Generally available

    This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage.

This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.

Self-managed

Self-managed deployments are Elastic Stack deployments managed without the assistance of an orchestrator.

Availability

  • Generally available

    This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage.

This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.

AutoOps monitors hundreds of metrics on your Elasticsearch deployment and raises an insight when it detects a condition that affects performance, stability, or resource efficiency. Each insight identifies the root cause, explains the impact, and surfaces targeted recommendations so you can act quickly.

Browse insights by category. Each page covers what AutoOps detects and why it matters, insight details (component, severity, scope), customization settings, and an example recommendation.

Cluster health (18)
Configuration (22)
CPU (3)
Insight Severity Scope
High CPU on node Medium Node
High CPU utilization Medium Node
Unbalanced GC ratio Medium Node
Disk storage (14)
High availability (11)
Insight Severity Scope
Master not discovered Critical Cluster
Status red Critical Cluster
Minimum master nodes below quorum High Cluster
Minimum master nodes exceed eligible High Cluster
Number of master nodes High Cluster
Cluster metrics lost Medium Cluster
Mixed master nodes Medium Cluster
Status yellow Medium Cluster
Dedicated master nodes Low Cluster
Master-eligible node added Low Cluster
Minimum master nodes above quorum Low Cluster
Index management (7)
Insight Severity Scope
Shard near document limit High Index
Empty indices Medium Index
Increase in shards count Medium Index
Indexing on non-hot nodes Medium Cluster
Oversized shards Medium Index
Undersized shards Medium Index
High deleted-docs ratio Low Index
Indexing (15)
Memory (13)
Node lifecycle (10)
Performance (68)
Insight Severity Scope
High cluster pending tasks High Cluster
Indexing throttle time High Node
Indices without replicas High Index
Node near out of memory High Node
Rejected indexing High Node
Rejected search High Node
Slow indexing High Node
Slow search High Node
Slow search on cold tier nodes High Node
Slow search on content tier nodes High Node
Slow search on frozen tier nodes High Node
Slow search on hot tier nodes High Node
Slow search on warm tier nodes High Node
Vector memory pressure High Node
Adaptive replica selection disabled Medium Cluster
Circuit breaker near limit Medium Node
Circuit breaker trips Medium Node
Coordinating node underused Medium Cluster
Empty indices Medium Index
Expensive queries disabled Medium Cluster
Heap size above recommended max Medium Node
High concurrent rebalance Medium Cluster
High concurrent recoveries Medium Cluster
High CPU on node Medium Node
High CPU utilization Medium Node
Indexing on non-hot nodes Medium Cluster
Loaded cold tier data nodes Medium Node
Loaded content tier data nodes Medium Node
Loaded coordinating nodes Medium Node
Loaded data nodes Medium Node
Loaded frozen tier data nodes Medium Node
Loaded hot tier data nodes Medium Node
Loaded master-eligible nodes Medium Node
Loaded warm tier data nodes Medium Node
Long running bulk index task Medium Node
Long running delete by query task Medium Node
Long running index task Medium Node
Long running reindex task Medium Node
Long running search task Medium Node
Long running shard task Medium Node
Long running snapshot task Medium Node
Long running update by query task Medium Node
Low concurrent rebalance Medium Cluster
Low concurrent recoveries Medium Cluster
Memory lock disabled Medium Node
Mixed master nodes Medium Cluster
Oversized shards Medium Index
Painless regex unrestricted Medium Cluster
Script contexts unrestricted Medium Cluster
Script types unrestricted Medium Cluster
Search queue size Medium Node
Shard rebalancing restricted Medium Cluster
Stuck task Medium Node
Unbalanced GC ratio Medium Node
Unbalanced shard counts Medium Node
Undersized shards Medium Index
Write hotspotting Medium Node
Write queue size Medium Node
Coordinating node added Low Cluster
Coordinating node restarted Low Cluster
Data node added Low Cluster
Data node restarted Low Cluster
Data node without shards Low Node
Dedicated coordinating nodes Low Cluster
Dedicated master nodes Low Cluster
Management queue size Low Node
Master-eligible node added Low Cluster
Master-eligible node restarted Low Cluster
Recovery (2)
Insight Severity Scope
High concurrent recoveries Medium Cluster
Low concurrent recoveries Medium Cluster
Replication (6)
Resource utilization (30)
Search (14)
Security and safety (5)
Insight Severity Scope
Destructive deletes allow wildcards Medium Cluster
Elasticsearch security disabled Medium Cluster
Painless regex unrestricted Medium Cluster
Script contexts unrestricted Medium Cluster
Script types unrestricted Medium Cluster
Shard allocation (18)
Snapshots and backup (2)
Insight Severity Scope
Long running snapshot task Medium Node
Snapshot repository missing Medium Cluster
Stability (50)
Insight Severity Scope
AutoOps agent critically outdated Critical Cluster
Disk watermark flood stage Critical Node
Disk watermark flood stage (frozen) Critical Node
Data node disconnected High Cluster
Disk watermark high High Node
Indexing failures on indices High Node
Indices without replicas High Index
Minimum master nodes below quorum High Cluster
Minimum master nodes exceed eligible High Cluster
Node indexing failures High Node
Node near out of memory High Node
Number of master nodes High Cluster
Open file descriptors near limit High Cluster
Rejected indexing High Node
Rejected search High Node
Circuit breaker near limit Medium Node
Circuit breaker trips Medium Node
Coordinating node disconnected Medium Cluster
Disk watermark low Medium Node
Disk watermarks wrong configuration Medium Node
Heap size above recommended max Medium Node
High CPU on node Medium Node
High CPU utilization Medium Node
High heap usage Medium Node
Long running bulk index task Medium Node
Long running delete by query task Medium Node
Long running index task Medium Node
Long running reindex task Medium Node
Long running search task Medium Node
Long running shard task Medium Node
Long running snapshot task Medium Node
Long running update by query task Medium Node
Master-eligible node disconnected Medium Cluster
Max shards per node Medium Cluster
Memory lock disabled Medium Node
Shard allocation restricted Medium Cluster
Shard count high on data node Medium Node
Shard count high on frozen node Medium Node
Stuck task Medium Node
Total and max shard conflict Medium Cluster
Unbalanced GC ratio Medium Node
Unlimited shards per node Medium Cluster
Coordinating node added Low Cluster
Coordinating node restarted Low Cluster
Data node added Low Cluster
Data node restarted Low Cluster
Management queue size Low Node
Master-eligible node added Low Cluster
Master-eligible node restarted Low Cluster
Minimum master nodes above quorum Low Cluster
Tasks (9)
Vector search (1)
Insight Severity Scope
Vector memory pressure High Node
Version upgrade (4)
Insight Severity Scope
AutoOps agent critically outdated Critical Cluster
Version is outdated High Cluster
Supported version is outdated Medium Cluster
AutoOps agent outdated Low Cluster
Critical (6)
Insight Scope Domain
AutoOps agent critically outdated Cluster Stability, Version upgrade
Disk watermark flood stage Node Cluster health, Disk storage, Stability
Disk watermark flood stage (frozen) Node Cluster health, Disk storage, Shard allocation, Stability
License expired Cluster Configuration
Master not discovered Cluster Cluster health, High availability
Status red Cluster Cluster health, High availability
High (28)
Insight Scope Domain
Cluster read-only allow delete block Cluster Cluster health
Cluster read-only block Cluster Cluster health
Data node disconnected Cluster Node lifecycle, Stability
Disk watermark high Node Cluster health, Disk storage, Stability
High cluster pending tasks Cluster Cluster health, Performance
Indexing failures on indices Node Indexing, Stability
Indexing throttle time Node Indexing, Performance
Indices without replicas Index Cluster health, Performance, Replication, Stability
License expiring soon Cluster Configuration
Minimum master nodes below quorum Cluster Configuration, High availability, Stability
Minimum master nodes exceed eligible Cluster Configuration, High availability, Stability
Missing documents on get Cluster Indexing
Node indexing failures Node Indexing, Stability
Node near out of memory Node Memory, Performance, Stability
Number of master nodes Cluster Configuration, High availability, Stability
Open file descriptors near limit Cluster Resource utilization, Stability
Rejected indexing Node Indexing, Performance, Stability
Rejected search Node Performance, Search, Stability
Shard near document limit Index Disk storage, Index management
Slow indexing Node Indexing, Performance
Slow search Node Performance, Search
Slow search on cold tier nodes Node Performance, Search
Slow search on content tier nodes Node Performance, Search
Slow search on frozen tier nodes Node Performance, Search
Slow search on hot tier nodes Node Performance, Search
Slow search on warm tier nodes Node Performance, Search
Vector memory pressure Node Memory, Performance, Search, Vector search
Version is outdated Cluster Version upgrade
Medium (65)
Insight Scope Domain
Adaptive replica selection disabled Cluster Performance, Search
Circuit breaker near limit Node Memory, Performance, Stability
Circuit breaker trips Node Memory, Performance, Stability
Cluster metrics lost Cluster Cluster health, High availability
Coordinating node disconnected Cluster Cluster health, Node lifecycle, Stability
Coordinating node underused Cluster Performance, Resource utilization
Destructive deletes allow wildcards Cluster Security and safety
Disk watermark low Node Cluster health, Disk storage, Stability
Disk watermarks wrong configuration Node Configuration, Disk storage, Stability
Elasticsearch security disabled Cluster Security and safety
Empty indices Index Index management, Performance, Shard allocation
Expensive queries disabled Cluster Configuration, Performance, Search
Frozen cache unhealthy Node —
Heap size above recommended max Node Memory, Performance, Stability
High concurrent rebalance Cluster Performance, Shard allocation
High concurrent recoveries Cluster Configuration, Performance, Recovery
High CPU on node Node CPU, Performance, Stability
High CPU utilization Node CPU, Performance, Stability
High heap usage Node Memory, Stability
Increase in shards count Index Index management, Shard allocation
Indexing on non-hot nodes Cluster Index management, Indexing, Performance
Ingest spike Cluster Indexing, Resource utilization
Loaded cold tier data nodes Node Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded content tier data nodes Node Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded coordinating nodes Node Performance, Resource utilization, Search
Loaded data nodes Node Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded frozen tier data nodes Node Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded hot tier data nodes Node Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded master-eligible nodes Node Cluster health, Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded warm tier data nodes Node Performance, Resource utilization
Long running bulk index task Node Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running delete by query task Node Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running index task Node Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running reindex task Node Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running search task Node Performance, Search, Stability, Tasks
Long running shard task Node Performance, Shard allocation, Stability, Tasks
Long running snapshot task Node Performance, Snapshots and backup, Stability, Tasks
Long running update by query task Node Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Low concurrent rebalance Cluster Configuration, Performance, Shard allocation
Low concurrent recoveries Cluster Configuration, Performance, Recovery
Master-eligible node disconnected Cluster Cluster health, Node lifecycle, Stability
Max shards per node Cluster Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
Memory lock disabled Node Memory, Performance, Stability
Mixed master nodes Cluster Configuration, High availability, Performance
Oversized shards Index Index management, Performance, Shard allocation
Painless regex unrestricted Cluster Performance, Security and safety
Partial cluster metrics Cluster Cluster health
Script contexts unrestricted Cluster Performance, Security and safety
Script types unrestricted Cluster Performance, Security and safety
Search queue size Node Performance, Search
Shard allocation restricted Cluster Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
Shard count high on data node Node Shard allocation, Stability
Shard count high on frozen node Node Shard allocation, Stability
Shard rebalancing restricted Cluster Configuration, Performance, Shard allocation
Snapshot repository missing Cluster Snapshots and backup
Status yellow Cluster Cluster health, High availability
Stuck task Node Performance, Stability, Tasks
Supported version is outdated Cluster Version upgrade
Total and max shard conflict Cluster Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
Unbalanced GC ratio Node CPU, Performance, Stability
Unbalanced shard counts Node Performance, Shard allocation
Undersized shards Index Index management, Performance, Shard allocation
Unlimited shards per node Cluster Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
Write hotspotting Node Indexing, Performance, Resource utilization, Search, Shard allocation
Write queue size Node Indexing, Performance
Low (34)
Insight Scope Domain
AutoOps agent outdated Cluster Version upgrade
Coordinating node added Cluster Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Coordinating node restarted Cluster Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Data node added Cluster Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Data node restarted Cluster Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Data node without shards Node Performance, Resource utilization, Shard allocation
Dedicated coordinating nodes Cluster Node lifecycle, Performance
Dedicated master nodes Cluster Configuration, High availability, Performance
Default cluster name Cluster Configuration
Default data path Cluster Configuration, Disk storage
Deployment not highly available Cluster Cluster health
High deleted-docs ratio Index Disk storage, Index management
High memory-to-disk ratio on cold nodes Node Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on content nodes Node Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on data nodes Node Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on frozen nodes Node Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on hot nodes Node Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on warm nodes Node Memory, Resource utilization
High replica count on cold nodes Node Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on content nodes Node Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on data nodes Node Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on hot nodes Node Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on warm nodes Node Replication, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on cold nodes Node Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on content nodes Node Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on data nodes Node Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on frozen nodes Node Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on hot nodes Node Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on warm nodes Node Disk storage, Resource utilization
Management queue size Node Cluster health, Performance, Stability
Master-eligible node added Cluster High availability, Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Master-eligible node restarted Cluster Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Minimum master nodes above quorum Cluster Configuration, High availability, Stability
Obsolete Zen discovery settings Cluster Configuration
Cluster (56)
Insight Severity Domain
AutoOps agent critically outdated Critical Stability, Version upgrade
License expired Critical Configuration
Master not discovered Critical Cluster health, High availability
Status red Critical Cluster health, High availability
Cluster read-only allow delete block High Cluster health
Cluster read-only block High Cluster health
Data node disconnected High Node lifecycle, Stability
High cluster pending tasks High Cluster health, Performance
License expiring soon High Configuration
Minimum master nodes below quorum High Configuration, High availability, Stability
Minimum master nodes exceed eligible High Configuration, High availability, Stability
Missing documents on get High Indexing
Number of master nodes High Configuration, High availability, Stability
Open file descriptors near limit High Resource utilization, Stability
Version is outdated High Version upgrade
Adaptive replica selection disabled Medium Performance, Search
Cluster metrics lost Medium Cluster health, High availability
Coordinating node disconnected Medium Cluster health, Node lifecycle, Stability
Coordinating node underused Medium Performance, Resource utilization
Destructive deletes allow wildcards Medium Security and safety
Elasticsearch security disabled Medium Security and safety
Expensive queries disabled Medium Configuration, Performance, Search
High concurrent rebalance Medium Performance, Shard allocation
High concurrent recoveries Medium Configuration, Performance, Recovery
Indexing on non-hot nodes Medium Index management, Indexing, Performance
Ingest spike Medium Indexing, Resource utilization
Low concurrent rebalance Medium Configuration, Performance, Shard allocation
Low concurrent recoveries Medium Configuration, Performance, Recovery
Master-eligible node disconnected Medium Cluster health, Node lifecycle, Stability
Max shards per node Medium Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
Mixed master nodes Medium Configuration, High availability, Performance
Painless regex unrestricted Medium Performance, Security and safety
Partial cluster metrics Medium Cluster health
Script contexts unrestricted Medium Performance, Security and safety
Script types unrestricted Medium Performance, Security and safety
Shard allocation restricted Medium Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
Shard rebalancing restricted Medium Configuration, Performance, Shard allocation
Snapshot repository missing Medium Snapshots and backup
Status yellow Medium Cluster health, High availability
Supported version is outdated Medium Version upgrade
Total and max shard conflict Medium Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
Unlimited shards per node Medium Configuration, Shard allocation, Stability
AutoOps agent outdated Low Version upgrade
Coordinating node added Low Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Coordinating node restarted Low Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Data node added Low Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Data node restarted Low Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Dedicated coordinating nodes Low Node lifecycle, Performance
Dedicated master nodes Low Configuration, High availability, Performance
Default cluster name Low Configuration
Default data path Low Configuration, Disk storage
Deployment not highly available Low Cluster health
Master-eligible node added Low High availability, Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Master-eligible node restarted Low Node lifecycle, Performance, Stability
Minimum master nodes above quorum Low Configuration, High availability, Stability
Obsolete Zen discovery settings Low Configuration
Index (7)
Insight Severity Domain
Indices without replicas High Cluster health, Performance, Replication, Stability
Shard near document limit High Disk storage, Index management
Empty indices Medium Index management, Performance, Shard allocation
Increase in shards count Medium Index management, Shard allocation
Oversized shards Medium Index management, Performance, Shard allocation
Undersized shards Medium Index management, Performance, Shard allocation
High deleted-docs ratio Low Disk storage, Index management
Node (70)
Insight Severity Domain
Disk watermark flood stage Critical Cluster health, Disk storage, Stability
Disk watermark flood stage (frozen) Critical Cluster health, Disk storage, Shard allocation, Stability
Disk watermark high High Cluster health, Disk storage, Stability
Indexing failures on indices High Indexing, Stability
Indexing throttle time High Indexing, Performance
Node indexing failures High Indexing, Stability
Node near out of memory High Memory, Performance, Stability
Rejected indexing High Indexing, Performance, Stability
Rejected search High Performance, Search, Stability
Slow indexing High Indexing, Performance
Slow search High Performance, Search
Slow search on cold tier nodes High Performance, Search
Slow search on content tier nodes High Performance, Search
Slow search on frozen tier nodes High Performance, Search
Slow search on hot tier nodes High Performance, Search
Slow search on warm tier nodes High Performance, Search
Vector memory pressure High Memory, Performance, Search, Vector search
Circuit breaker near limit Medium Memory, Performance, Stability
Circuit breaker trips Medium Memory, Performance, Stability
Disk watermark low Medium Cluster health, Disk storage, Stability
Disk watermarks wrong configuration Medium Configuration, Disk storage, Stability
Frozen cache unhealthy Medium —
Heap size above recommended max Medium Memory, Performance, Stability
High CPU on node Medium CPU, Performance, Stability
High CPU utilization Medium CPU, Performance, Stability
High heap usage Medium Memory, Stability
Loaded cold tier data nodes Medium Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded content tier data nodes Medium Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded coordinating nodes Medium Performance, Resource utilization, Search
Loaded data nodes Medium Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded frozen tier data nodes Medium Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded hot tier data nodes Medium Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded master-eligible nodes Medium Cluster health, Performance, Resource utilization
Loaded warm tier data nodes Medium Performance, Resource utilization
Long running bulk index task Medium Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running delete by query task Medium Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running index task Medium Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running reindex task Medium Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Long running search task Medium Performance, Search, Stability, Tasks
Long running shard task Medium Performance, Shard allocation, Stability, Tasks
Long running snapshot task Medium Performance, Snapshots and backup, Stability, Tasks
Long running update by query task Medium Indexing, Performance, Stability, Tasks
Memory lock disabled Medium Memory, Performance, Stability
Search queue size Medium Performance, Search
Shard count high on data node Medium Shard allocation, Stability
Shard count high on frozen node Medium Shard allocation, Stability
Stuck task Medium Performance, Stability, Tasks
Unbalanced GC ratio Medium CPU, Performance, Stability
Unbalanced shard counts Medium Performance, Shard allocation
Write hotspotting Medium Indexing, Performance, Resource utilization, Search, Shard allocation
Write queue size Medium Indexing, Performance
Data node without shards Low Performance, Resource utilization, Shard allocation
High memory-to-disk ratio on cold nodes Low Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on content nodes Low Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on data nodes Low Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on frozen nodes Low Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on hot nodes Low Memory, Resource utilization
High memory-to-disk ratio on warm nodes Low Memory, Resource utilization
High replica count on cold nodes Low Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on content nodes Low Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on data nodes Low Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on hot nodes Low Replication, Resource utilization
High replica count on warm nodes Low Replication, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on cold nodes Low Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on content nodes Low Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on data nodes Low Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on frozen nodes Low Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on hot nodes Low Disk storage, Resource utilization
Low disk usage on warm nodes Low Disk storage, Resource utilization
Management queue size Low Cluster health, Performance, Stability