# Create multiple nodes elasticsearch 5.4

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes-elasticsearch-5-4/86101
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes-elasticsearch-5-4/86101 "2017-05-17T12:33:57Z")
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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: [May 18, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes-elasticsearch-5-4/86101/6 "2017-05-18T05:54:56Z")

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If you want to start multiple nodes on the same machine (for tests purposes) just run:

```auto
bin/elasticsearch -Epath.data=data1 -Epath.logs=log1
bin/elasticsearch -Epath.data=data2 -Epath.logs=log2
bin/elasticsearch -Epath.data=data3 -Epath.logs=log3

```

Without changing anything in the default `elasticsearch.yml` and you should be done.

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