# High availability of ELK server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-availability-of-elk-server/356783>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-availability-of-elk-server/356783 "2024-04-04T13:40:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kaushalshriyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaushalshriyan/32/44563_2.png) [@kaushalshriyan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kaushalshriyan)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-availability-of-elk-server/356783/1 "2024-04-04T13:40:45Z")

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Hi,

I am running a single instance of ELK server on RHEL8.9 which is not reliable as of now if the VM instance goes down which will result in Single point of failure scenario.

I have planned to setup second ELK node2 which will later be setup behind Load Balancer.

Please guide me if the above approach works or any other suggestions/recommendations to set up HA and Fault tolerant setup of ELK server in Production environment.

Best Regards,

Kaushal

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-availability-of-elk-server/356783/2 "2024-04-04T13:49:10Z")

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> [@kaushalshriyan](#):
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> I have planned to setup second ELK node2 which will later be setup behind Load Balancer.

A 2 node cluster is not resilient to failures, you need at least 3 nodes.

Please check this [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/high-availability.html).