# Best practice for elastic server and elastic agent
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-practice-for-elastic-server-and-elastic-agent/300148
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 21, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-practice-for-elastic-server-and-elastic-agent/300148 "2022-03-21T03:58:24Z")
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### Author:  [@sevenout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sevenout)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-practice-for-elastic-server-and-elastic-agent/300148/1 "2022-03-21T03:58:24Z")
Hi guys, i just wanna ask about the best practice for elastic server and elastic agent. These are my conditions right now:
- I've installed Elasticsearch and kibana dashboard on a local server (only for Elasticsearch)
- I've installed Elasticsearch agents (metricbeat, filebeat, etc) on some application servers on local servers
- I still have some application servers remaining on clouds (alicloud and google cloud platform). I need to install Elasticsearch agents (metricbeat, filebeat, etc) on these servers too
So my questions are:
1. Will it be connection issues/another problems if i install elastic agents on cloud application servers and connect it to a local Elasticsearch server? (considering i've opened port and tcp connection )
2. If it won't be problems on question #1, should i make another Elasticsearch server on cloud for cloud application servers only, to separate between local and cloud application servers? (for best practice) and what's the reasons?
Thank You
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-practice-for-elastic-server-and-elastic-agent/300148/2 "2022-04-18T03:58:39Z")
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