# EC2 discovery with TransportClient?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ec2-discovery-with-transportclient/86326>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 18, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ec2-discovery-with-transportclient/86326 "2017-05-18T19:19:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric\_Jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_jain/32/834_2.png) [@Eric\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Jain)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ec2-discovery-with-transportclient/86326/1 "2017-05-18T19:19:03Z")

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Looks like client nodes are deprecated, so I'm figuring out how to use a TransportClient instead. The first problem is that plugins are no longer available, so how does EC2 discovery work when using a TransportClient?

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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, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ec2-discovery-with-transportclient/86326/2 "2017-05-18T19:36:05Z")

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Basically do this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/client-connected-to-client-node.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/client-connected-to-client-node.html)

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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 15, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ec2-discovery-with-transportclient/86326/3 "2017-06-15T19:36:36Z")

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