# Rsetoring 3 node cluster to a new single node

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/rsetoring-3-node-cluster-to-a-new-single-node/74487>\
**Category:** Vault\
**Tags:** raft\
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/rsetoring-3-node-cluster-to-a-new-single-node/74487 "2025-04-17T17:40:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![padraicbc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/padraicbc/32/45445_2.png) [@padraicbc](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/padraicbc)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/rsetoring-3-node-cluster-to-a-new-single-node/74487/1 "2025-04-17T17:40:55Z")

</div>

Hi. I see similar questions but nothing that seems to match my issue exactly. I have a 3 node raft cluster and want to reduce it to one. I will be moving to a new OS so it will be a newly deployed single node. Whatever I try in regard to snapshots gives `* local node not active but active cluster node not found`. I tried adding a peers.json among lots of other things but no joy. Is this possibe or is there alternative method to replicate the data to the new single node deploy.

Cheers