# Elasticsearch Basic Security Setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 10, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-basic-security-setup/203011 "2019-10-10T11:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shrikantgulia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@shrikantgulia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shrikantgulia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-basic-security-setup/203011/1 "2019-10-10T11:42:03Z")
Hello, I want to setup basic security in multi node cluster what should be discovery.type: single-node for a multi node cluster Since when i used a single node cluster my configuration was xpack.security.enabled: true discovery.type: single-node what should we use for multi nodes I am having a testing 2 node cluster 1 master node and 2 data nodes ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-basic-security-setup/203011/2 "2019-10-10T13:51:32Z")
Do not use ```auto discovery.type ``` and set ```auto xpack.security.enabled: true ``` to all nodes ---
**Author:** ![shrikantgulia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@shrikantgulia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shrikantgulia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-basic-security-setup/203011/3 "2019-10-11T07:34:50Z")
Hey @ikakavas Thankyou for the response but my node is not starting when i am setting up xpack.security.enabled: true both nodes arent starting my config file i.e elasticsearch.yml is cluster.name: test-master node.master: true node.data: true node.ingest: true node.name: masternode network.host: 0.0.0.0 discovery.seed\_hosts: ["IP1", "IP2"] cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: ["masternode"] xpack.security.enabled: true and 2nd config is cluster.name: test-master node.master: false node.data: true node.ingest: true node.name: datanode network.host: 0.0.0.0 discovery.seed\_hosts: ["IP1", "IP2"] cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: ["masternode"] xpack.security.enabled: true ---
**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:** [October 11, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-basic-security-setup/203011/4 "2019-10-11T08:08:15Z")
Please read through our documentation: [Configure security in Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/configuring-security.html) If you have any specific problems we can assist, but it's of little use repeating the docs here. For future reference: > both nodes arent starting doesn't allow anyone to provide any meaningful help. For future issues you might have, you need to also add the exact error message and the logs. For now, reading through the documentation will help you get going ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-basic-security-setup/203011/5 "2019-11-08T08:08:18Z")
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