# Clone production cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-production-cluster/199315>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 12, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-production-cluster/199315 "2019-09-12T18:35:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bana201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bana201](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bana201)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-production-cluster/199315/1 "2019-09-12T18:35:57Z")

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I'm new to elasticsearch and would like to know the best way to do this

Basically I'm trying to clone a production cluster and then use it for testing it needs to be a complete copy and should not interrupt the production cluster

I thought about adding a new node to the production cluster and increase the number of replicas then separate that node and rename it as a new cluster

Is there a better way?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-production-cluster/199315/2 "2019-09-13T05:49:16Z")

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Please do not open multiple threads about the same topic. This seems to be a duplicate of [Clone production cluster](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-production-cluster/199300/2).

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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:** [October 11, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clone-production-cluster/199315/3 "2019-10-11T05:49:25Z")

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