# Zookeeper is not electing the slave node as master node

**URL:** https://community.dremio.com/t/zookeeper-is-not-electing-the-slave-node-as-master-node/7111
**Category:** Dremio University
**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/zookeeper-is-not-electing-the-slave-node-as-master-node/7111 "2021-03-12T09:51:01Z")
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#### Post date: [March 18, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/zookeeper-is-not-electing-the-slave-node-as-master-node/7111/5 "2021-03-18T06:27:19Z")

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@levitha

Is the Dremio metadata on a NFS share, also the zoo keeper needs to be an external ZK. Would you mind sharing your dremio.conf file?

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