# Can an Elasticsearch cluster have nodes running different Linux distributions?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-an-elasticsearch-cluster-have-nodes-running-different-linux-distributions/311466>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 5, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-an-elasticsearch-cluster-have-nodes-running-different-linux-distributions/311466 "2022-08-05T03:27:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@ankh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankh)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-an-elasticsearch-cluster-have-nodes-running-different-linux-distributions/311466/1 "2022-08-05T03:27:13Z")

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We are moving from a Red Hat-based distro to a Debian one (Ubuntu). Looking at options for converting our Elasticsearch cluster over. One option would be rolling upgrades to convert each node to Ubuntu, one at a time, with no outage.

Can a cluster have nodes running on different Linux distros? Is this approach feasible? Is running on heterogeneous distros known to be acceptable and work OK?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-an-elasticsearch-cluster-have-nodes-running-different-linux-distributions/311466/2 "2022-08-05T07:02:22Z")

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This should not be a problem as far as I know.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-an-elasticsearch-cluster-have-nodes-running-different-linux-distributions/311466/3 "2022-08-09T00:03:18Z")

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It'll work for this approach, yes.

I wouldn't suggest running a cluster like this for an extended time (eg weeks) though, as it can make it harder to manage.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-an-elasticsearch-cluster-have-nodes-running-different-linux-distributions/311466/4 "2022-09-06T00:03:28Z")

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