Disable ElasticSeach re-balancing if one node is down
You can accomplish this by disabling shard allocation.
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_cluster/settings -d '{"transient":{"cluster.routing.allocation.enable": "none"}}'If you want to turn allocation back on:
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_cluster/settings -d '{"transient":{"cluster.routing.allocation.enable": "all"}}'