# How do I add a node to the custer

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-add-a-node-to-the-custer/56438
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 26, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-add-a-node-to-the-custer/56438 "2016-07-26T19:29:01Z")
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### Author: ![kartikvelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kartikvelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartikvelastic)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-add-a-node-to-the-custer/56438/1 "2016-07-26T19:29:01Z")

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without restarting every node of the cluster, having said that what is the best way to restart an ES cluster and in what scenarios is it required.

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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: [July 27, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-add-a-node-to-the-custer/56438/2 "2016-07-27T01:15:50Z")

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Set the same `cluster.name` and then set the other host in `discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts` and you should be good.

> [@kartikvelastic](#):
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> in what scenarios is it required

To scale.

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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 5, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-add-a-node-to-the-custer/56438/3 "2017-07-05T22:32:40Z")

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