# Elasticsearch noob license question

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-noob-license-question/228456
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** license
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-noob-license-question/228456 "2020-04-17T06:47:19Z")
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### Author: ![Silver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/silver/32/19894_2.png) [@Silver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Silver)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-noob-license-question/228456/1 "2020-04-17T06:47:19Z")

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Suppose I am running  
3 master nodes  
2 data nodes  
1 node for ML

I am only trying to get gold package features.

Is it possible for me to use basic license for the 3 master nodes, and gold feature for elasticsearch 2 data nodes and 1 ml node to use watcher ?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-noob-license-question/228456/2 "2020-04-17T08:27:12Z")

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No, a license is cluster wide and applies to all nodes.

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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 15, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-noob-license-question/228456/3 "2020-05-15T08:27:17Z")

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