# ElasticSearchClusterSetup

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchclustersetup/16085>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 1, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchclustersetup/16085 "2014-03-01T07:19:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![soumya1986](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@soumya1986](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/soumya1986)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchclustersetup/16085/1 "2014-03-01T07:19:32Z")

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I have some questions regarding elastic search cluster ?

The setup

1. I had started a elastic search instance (A) in a machine.
2. Had inserted all data into it.
3. Set the number of master nodes to 2
4. Started two elastic search instances (B & C) in two other machines

Problem  
Closing A, does not enable me to continue with search from B or C

Questions?  
a) Do I need to replicate data in all the machines?  
b) Do I need to setup the whole cluster before inserting data?  
c) A user will want to have a single url for the search (he should not bother whether, the master went down or not, ie failover must be transperanet). How to achieve this ?  
d) Is there a step by step guide for setting up elastic search cluster ?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchclustersetup/16085/2 "2017-07-06T01:46:22Z")

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