# Expanding Elasticsearch cluster but IP is the same as Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/expanding-elasticsearch-cluster-but-ip-is-the-same-as-kibana/210538>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 4, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/expanding-elasticsearch-cluster-but-ip-is-the-same-as-kibana/210538 "2019-12-04T13:18:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ntran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@ntran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ntran)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/expanding-elasticsearch-cluster-but-ip-is-the-same-as-kibana/210538/1 "2019-12-04T13:18:57Z")

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Hi,

Problem: I want to expand my cluster to have 3 nodes (1 master, 2 data), however, in my current config, the elasticsearch node + kibana instance have the same IP.

I wish to use the current IP for kibana and spin up new VMs for the elasticsearch nodes. I'm not sure how to go about doing this, so I was hoping to get some guidance.

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Thank you,  
Nhung

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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:** [January 1, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/expanding-elasticsearch-cluster-but-ip-is-the-same-as-kibana/210538/2 "2020-01-01T13:19:03Z")

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