# Create Multiple Nodes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes/29886>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 24, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes/29886 "2015-09-24T02:51:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Stephon\_Harris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephon_harris/32/4918_2.png) [@Stephon\_Harris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stephon_Harris)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes/29886/1 "2015-09-24T02:51:31Z")

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Hi I was using the [Elasticsearch Definitive Guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_add_failover.html) walkthrough, and it asked me to create a second node the same way I created the first one. However, when I went to the [instructions on creating] ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/running-elasticsearch.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/running-elasticsearch.html)) another node I couldn't figure it out. I tried running `./bin/elasticsearch -d` again to create another node but that didn't work for me. Can someone please clarify how to create another node?

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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:** [September 24, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes/29886/2 "2015-09-24T03:07:50Z")

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What was the output when you ran the command?

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**Author:** ![Stephon\_Harris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephon_harris/32/4918_2.png) [@Stephon\_Harris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stephon_Harris)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes/29886/3 "2015-09-24T16:37:35Z")

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When I ran the command in the terminal there was no output

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-multiple-nodes/29886/4 "2017-07-05T23:48:13Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:48pm UTC