# Change the Name off Monitoring Index
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060 "2018-06-15T09:11:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@joltmann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joltmann)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060/1 "2018-06-15T09:11:03Z")
Hi @all,
I have serveral ES-Cluster with xpack Monitoring installed. For our Production environment I won't store the Monitoring Index on the same ES-Cluster. So I configure "xpack.monitoring.exporters". But it is possible to change the name of the monitoring index? Because I have more than one Production Cluster and would like to store all Monitoring Index on the same Cluster. So it is necessary to have different Monitoring Index name. What about Kibana, it is possible to control with one Kibana app more than one Monitoring?
Thx for answer!!
Joern
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### Author:  [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060/2 "2018-06-15T09:25:17Z")
@joltmann
I dont think having a differently named monitoring index would be the best option here. Please note that when you do have all this monitoring data coming into one cluster. As you drill down/click under cluster and or nodes, the different names will be available to see in monitoring.
Look under todays monitoring data to see the different node names: `GET .monitoring-es-6-2018.06.15/_search`
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### Author:  [@joltmann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joltmann)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060/3 "2018-06-15T11:13:16Z")
Hi Jymit Singh Khondhu, but it is possible to manage more than one Cluster with kibana when you use a free basic license? And what happens when Kibana runs with Version 6.x and the Es-Cluster is a mix of 5.x and 6.x?
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### Author:  [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060/4 "2018-06-15T11:16:06Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) Under `Monitoring` \> `Multi stack monitoring support` this does not all under a Basic free license, no.
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### Author:  [@joltmann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joltmann)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060/5 "2018-06-15T11:39:47Z")
HI,
yes I found it. Thanks again 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-name-off-monitoring-index/136060/6 "2018-07-13T11:39:52Z")
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