# Percona XtraDB cluster not available after bootstrap the first node

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**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.x\
**Created:** [October 9, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-xtradb-cluster-not-available-after-bootstrap-the-first-node/34262 "2024-10-09T16:19:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-xtradb-cluster-not-available-after-bootstrap-the-first-node/34262/4 "2024-10-10T13:29:34Z")

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Your my.cnf is bad. You started a new `[sst]` section and all parameters that come after this are tied to that section. Move the sst section to the bottom so that all those wsrep\_ params are part of the mysqld section

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