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[DOCS] Adds discovery.type (#42823)

Co-Authored-By: David Turner <david.turner@elastic.co>
Lisa Cawley 6 years ago
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@@ -16,14 +16,21 @@ Discovery and cluster formation are affected by the following settings:
     to use to obtain the addresses of the seed nodes used to start the
     discovery process. By default, it is the
     <<settings-based-hosts-provider,settings-based seed hosts provider>>.
-
+    
+`discovery.type`::
+ 
+    Specifies whether {es} should form a multiple-node cluster. By default, {es}
+    discovers other nodes when forming a cluster and allows other nodes to join
+    the cluster later. If `discovery.type` is set to `single-node`, {es} forms a
+    single-node cluster. For more information about when you might use this
+    setting, see <<single-node-discovery>>.
+    
 `cluster.initial_master_nodes`::
 
-    Sets a list of the <<node.name,node names>> or transport addresses of the
-    initial set of master-eligible nodes in a brand-new cluster. By default
-    this list is empty, meaning that this node expects to join a cluster that
-    has already been bootstrapped. See <<initial_master_nodes>>.
-
+    Sets the initial set of master-eligible nodes in a brand-new cluster. By
+    default this list is empty, meaning that this node expects to join a cluster
+    that has already been bootstrapped. See <<initial_master_nodes>>.
+            
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 ==== Expert settings