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  There are few things more anxiety-inducing in the Magento ecosystem than a deployment failing at 90% execution. You run   bin/magento setup:upgrade , the console hangs, and finally outputs the dreaded   No alive nodes found in your cluster   exception. For architects and developers working with Magento 2.4+ on Cloudways, this is a distinct bottleneck. Since Adobe deprecated MySQL search in favor of Elasticsearch (and subsequently OpenSearch), the search engine is no longer just a feature—it is a critical dependency. If Elasticsearch goes down, the checkout breaks, the catalog vanishes, and the admin panel becomes inaccessible. This guide details the root causes of Elasticsearch connection refusals on Cloudways managed hosting and provides a rigorous, step-by-step resolution path. The Root Cause: Connection Pools and JVM Pressure Before applying fixes, you must understand why the error occurs to prevent recurrence. When Magento attempts to connect to Elasticsearch, ...