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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to send join request to master ; reason ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: discovery-azure-classic.
Log Context
Log “Failed to send join request to master [{}]; reason [{}]” classname is ZenDiscovery.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
} } else { if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) { logger.trace(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("failed to send join request to master [{}]"; masterNode); e); } else { logger.info("failed to send join request to master [{}]; reason [{}]"; masterNode; ExceptionsHelper.detailedMessage(e)); } return false; } }