# Elasticsearch cluster add node via ssh tunnel
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-add-node-via-ssh-tunnel/21691
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 16, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-add-node-via-ssh-tunnel/21691 "2015-01-16T15:31:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Marc\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marc_2)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-add-node-via-ssh-tunnel/21691/1 "2015-01-16T15:31:30Z")
Hi,
earlier I was trying to add a local elasticsearch node to a cluster via a
ssh forwarded port.
I mapped one of my cluster machines: localhost:9300 -\> remotehost:9300.
Somehow elasticsearch cannot deal with it using unicast or multicast.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-add-node-via-ssh-tunnel/21691/2 "2017-07-06T00:38:23Z")