# ElasticSearch 8.1 - Multinode Cluster Setup

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-multinode-cluster-setup/301677>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [April 5, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-multinode-cluster-setup/301677 "2022-04-05T21:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aldo2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aldo2/32/98478_2.png) [@Aldo2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aldo2)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-multinode-cluster-setup/301677/1 "2022-04-05T21:00:28Z")

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Hi Elastic Community,

I have a question about the multi node version 8.1.1 cluster setup.

When I need to add the 2nd node to the cluster according to the elastic support I must add:

```auto
cluster.name: aiops
node.name: elastic02
network.host: 192.168.1.3
#copy from node1 certs and copy xpack security sentences
# Enable encryption and mutual authentication between cluster nodes
xpack.security.transport.ssl:
  enabled: true
  verification_mode: certificate
  keystore.path: certs/transport.p12
  truststore.path: certs/transport.p12

http.host: [_local_, _site_]
transport.host: [_local_, _site_]

```

And run the command:

./Elasticsearch-reconfigure-node --enrollment-token eyJ2ZXI...hdas2S

But I always get the error:

ERROR: Aborting enrolling to cluster. This node doesn't appear to be auto-configured for security. Expected configuration is missing

What could be missing to be able to add this node to the cluster?

I don't use systemd (I download the binaries from the web, unzip and run sh).

Thanks a lot for any help.

Regards

Aldo

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-multinode-cluster-setup/301677/2 "2022-04-06T04:51:56Z")

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> [@Aldo2](#):
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> When I need to add the 2nd node to the cluster according to the elastic support I must add:

Can you reference the support case number please ?

`./elasticsearch-reconfigure-node` is only meant to be used for DEB/RPM installations so this is not applicable to your use case.

There should be _nothing_ that you need to add to your second node in advance, the configuration is taken care of by the enrollment process. Please read through the documentation in [Start the Elastic Stack with security enabled automatically | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/configuring-stack-security.html#stack-enroll-nodes), it explains how you'd go about adding new nodes to your cluster

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**Author:** ![Aldo2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aldo2/32/98478_2.png) [@Aldo2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aldo2)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-multinode-cluster-setup/301677/3 "2022-04-06T17:40:21Z")

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Hi @ikakavas

Thanks a lot for you response.

The case is 00929984.

After having applied your recommendation the cluster is already active 😀

Regards !

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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:** [May 4, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-1-multinode-cluster-setup/301677/4 "2022-05-04T17:40:40Z")

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