# Elastic Cloud managed on Azure: how to set nodes and replicas?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-managed-on-azure-how-to-set-nodes-and-replicas/341863>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\
**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-managed-on-azure-how-to-set-nodes-and-replicas/341863 "2023-08-29T08:05:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarGraz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/margraz/32/125045_2.png) [@MarGraz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarGraz)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-managed-on-azure-how-to-set-nodes-and-replicas/341863/1 "2023-08-29T08:05:57Z")

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Hi, I'm new in using Elastic Cloud managed by Azure and I searched a lot on the web without finding a clear explanation. I didn't understand how to set and manage nodes and replicas using Elastic Cloud managed by Azure.

I saw that there is the autoscaling function (really appreciated), of course it is a managed service, but how can I set the initial number of nodes and replicas? Also from the elasticsearch.yml it seems not possible to set this value.

Nodes and replicas are set automatically when I choose the hardware? How can I add a node if I need it?

Thank you so much for your help.

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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:** [September 12, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-managed-on-azure-how-to-set-nodes-and-replicas/341863/2 "2023-09-12T08:06:03Z")

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