# Guidance on Configuring an ELK Stack using seperate hosts for Logstash, Elastic (Master, Data, Ingest) and Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-on-configuring-an-elk-stack-using-seperate-hosts-for-logstash-elastic-master-data-ingest-and-kibana/284654>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-on-configuring-an-elk-stack-using-seperate-hosts-for-logstash-elastic-master-data-ingest-and-kibana/284654 "2021-09-20T19:19:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![hazenvs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hazenvs/32/93922_2.png) [@hazenvs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hazenvs)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-on-configuring-an-elk-stack-using-seperate-hosts-for-logstash-elastic-master-data-ingest-and-kibana/284654/1 "2021-09-20T19:19:08Z")

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I'm looking to confiugre an ELK stack using the following seperated VM's for cost and scaling in a CSP.

Lselk.gtld. (Logstash)

Melk.gtld. (Master)

Ielk.gtld. (Ingest)

Delk.gtld (hot\_data)

Wdelk.gtld (warm\_data)

Kelk.gtld (kibana for ELK)

I'm hoping to publish a How-To on how to do this. However there's very little in the way of going about this beyond installing ELK on every node. My primary considerations are the Scaling of the Hot\_Data for Elastic and Warm\_Data nodes as well as making sure the Kibana is geared for heavy use.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-on-configuring-an-elk-stack-using-seperate-hosts-for-logstash-elastic-master-data-ingest-and-kibana/284654/2 "2021-09-21T07:38:40Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

[Node discovery | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-discovery-hosts-providers.html) goes into the aspects of clustering your nodes.

> [@hazenvs](#):
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> My primary considerations are the Scaling of the Hot\_Data for Elastic and Warm\_Data nodes as well as making sure the Kibana is geared for heavy use.

That's very much an It Depends answer.

I would encourage you to check out some of the other sizing topics that have been asked and see if they provide some more information for you to look at.

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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:** [October 19, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/guidance-on-configuring-an-elk-stack-using-seperate-hosts-for-logstash-elastic-master-data-ingest-and-kibana/284654/3 "2021-10-19T07:39:07Z")

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