# Configure 2 nodes to access to the same log files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-2-nodes-to-access-to-the-same-log-files/84738>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 5, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-2-nodes-to-access-to-the-same-log-files/84738 "2017-05-05T14:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bouali\_Inass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Bouali\_Inass](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bouali_Inass)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-2-nodes-to-access-to-the-same-log-files/84738/1 "2017-05-05T14:10:02Z")

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hey i installed elasticsearch, kibana, logstash and filebeat in 1 node and it's working now i wanna add another node to work on the same file log what should i install on the second machine ? and how can i configure it??

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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:** [May 6, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-2-nodes-to-access-to-the-same-log-files/84738/2 "2017-05-06T03:58:02Z")

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> [@Bouali\_Inass](#):
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> now i wanna add another node to work on the same file log what should i install on the second machine

What do you mean by this?

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**Author:** ![Bouali\_Inass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Bouali\_Inass](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bouali_Inass)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-2-nodes-to-access-to-the-same-log-files/84738/3 "2017-05-16T10:14:33Z")

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i mean that i wana configure a cluster wich has 2 nodes each one is in a virtual machine and i dont know what should i install on each one of them??

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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:** [May 16, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-2-nodes-to-access-to-the-same-log-files/84738/4 "2017-05-16T10:20:16Z")

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ES is a clustered application, so you start multiple instances and link them together.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/\_add\_failover.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/_add_failover.html) has some guidance.

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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:** [June 13, 2017, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-2-nodes-to-access-to-the-same-log-files/84738/5 "2017-06-13T10:28:22Z")

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