# Elasticsearch.hosts config
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hosts-config/171611
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [March 9, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hosts-config/171611 "2019-03-09T22:16:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@andreacfm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andreacfm)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hosts-config/171611/1 "2019-03-09T22:16:40Z")
The docs for the new elasticsearch.hosts config says:
> The URLs of the Elasticsearch instances to use for all your queries. All nodes listed here must be on the same cluster
I have 4 cluster that I would like to connect to the same kibana instance. Will the new config allow to achieve this?
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hosts-config/171611/2 "2019-03-10T10:40:53Z")
Do you have 4 separate clusters or a 4-node cluster? If it is one cluster with 4 nodes this is the setting to use. If you have 4 separate clusters you need to look at [cross-cluster search](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/modules-cross-cluster-search.html).
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### Author:  [@andreacfm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andreacfm)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hosts-config/171611/3 "2019-03-10T22:24:44Z")
@Christian_Dahlqvist thanks. I have 4 separate clusters and I hoped that the new config was bypassing the need to use remote cluster connections.
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hosts-config/171611/4 "2019-03-11T05:56:56Z")
No, it allows to specify multiple nodes within a single cluster. This removes the need for a load balancer or coordinating only node.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-hosts-config/171611/5 "2019-04-08T05:57:04Z")
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