# CrateDB does not select a leader
**URL:** https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610
**Category:** CrateDB
**Tags:** getting-started
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610 "2023-09-27T07:32:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@allardkrings](https://community.cratedb.com/u/allardkrings)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610/1 "2023-09-27T07:32:30Z")
Hi,
I am trying to run Crate on my Kubernetes Cluster, followed the example yaml’s from Crate but Crate fails to select a leader.
My cluster:
6 raspberry pi’s running Ubuntu 23
Microk8s 1.24
Crate 4.6.4
3 crate-pods are created: `crate-0` `crate-1` and `crate-2`.
Service running fine, ui available. Shows 1 node.
Log says:
```auto
ClusterFormationFailureHelper] [crate] master not discovered yet, this node has not previously joined a bootstrapped (v4+) cluster, and this node must discover master-eligible nodes [crate-0, crate-1, crate-2] to bootstrap a cluster: have discovered [{crate}{n5vvU2U9Ryme7AqUP4umdw}{pA53ho4NQD2SjdVk29JsuQ}{10.1.178.252}{10.1.178.252:4300}{http_address=10.1.178.252:4200}, {crate}{AWYiQib8QjW-0Hy4fAtaNg}{y3awIuFxQk-hKYMI3uqzdQ}{10.1.127.69}{10.1.127.69:4300}{http_address=10.1.127.69:4200}, {crate}{xJoYtXY2Su-1hgXZYAnA7A}{6I3Bs_YQQIyTpAyiJSBW9A}{10.1.224.4}{10.1.224.4:4300}{http_address=10.1.224.4:4200}]; discovery will continue using [127.0.0.1:4301, 127.0.0.1:4302, 127.0.0.1:4303, 127.0.0.1:4304, 127.0.0.1:4305, [::1]:4301, [::1]:4302, [::1]:4303, [::1]:4304, [::1]:4305, 10.152.183.245:4300] from hosts providers and [{crate}{n5vvU2U9Ryme7AqUP4umdw}{pA53ho4NQD2SjdVk29JsuQ}{10.1.178.252}{10.1.178.252:4300}{http_address=10.1.178.252:4200}] from last-known cluster state; node term 0, last-accepted version 0 in term 0
```
It seems like the nodes are discovered but not recognonized as eligible.
Help appreciated!
Kind regards Allard
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### Author:  [@hernanc](https://community.cratedb.com/u/hernanc)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610/2 "2023-09-27T07:37:49Z")
Hi,
From that output it looks as if you would have set `initial_master_nodes` to `crate-0, crate-1, crate-2` but then set `node.name` to `crate` for all nodes? to get `crate-0`, `1`, etc you may want to use `POD_NAME`
Maybe you could review that and share the YAML you are using if the cluster is still not forming?
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### Author:  [@allardkrings](https://community.cratedb.com/u/allardkrings)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610/3 "2023-09-27T09:15:27Z")
Hello hernanc,
thanks for your quick response.
I solved the problem by using the examples from the kubernetes-guide.
The problem was caused by outdated examples i found on your site. Maybe a good idea to remove them.
Kind regards!
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### Author:  [@hernanc](https://community.cratedb.com/u/hernanc)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610/4 "2023-09-27T09:26:08Z")
I am glad that worked and thank you for mentioning this.
Could you point us to to which examples in particular you found problematic?
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### Author:  [@allardkrings](https://community.cratedb.com/u/allardkrings)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610/5 "2023-09-27T11:16:47Z")
[How to set up a CrateDB cluster with Kubernetes](https://cratedb.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-cratedb-cluster-with-kubernetes) uses 4.14 wich didnt work for me
[Run Your First CrateDB Cluster on Kubernetes, Part One](https://cratedb.com/blog/run-your-first-cratedb-cluster-on-kubernetes-part-one) uses 3.13 wich didnt work for me
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### Author:  [@amotl](https://community.cratedb.com/u/amotl)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/cratedb-does-not-select-a-leader/1610/6 "2023-10-06T07:00:27Z")
Dear Allard,
> [@allardkrings](#):
>
> The problem was caused by outdated examples i found on your site. Maybe a good idea to remove them.
Thank you for reporting this. We will add corresponding admonitions to the outdated pages, to refer readers to updated content about the relevant topics.
> [@allardkrings](#):
>
> I solved the problem by using the examples from the kubernetes-guide.
May I ask which specific documentation resource you used here, in order to fix the situation?
With kind regards,
Andreas.
/cc @mkod, @Walter_Behmann