As it's a node, it's storing some cluster info in it. You could use a Transport Client which will act as a pure Client without joining the cluster.
-- David ;-) Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > Le 2 févr. 2015 à 15:08, Daniel Woo <daniel.y....@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hi guys, I start a client node with the parameter "node.data" turned off, why > is the data directory automatically created in my working directory? Can I > avoid creating the "data" directory since it's a pure client node? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/37534520-ec4d-4076-b6c6-d6c65b2f9207%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/D913D5D6-DDF9-4B43-B501-F63EC18F7700%40pilato.fr. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.