# How to achieve ELK High availability **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 1, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025 "2015-04-01T03:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025/1 "2015-04-01T03:06:43Z")
Hi Exerts, Need your valuable suggestions here . I have ELK on a single windows instance and I want to make it high available . I mean if one machine goes down second will take up the whole load, like clustering. Can you suggest how I can achieve this. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025/2 "2015-04-01T05:37:12Z")
Which part do you want to make HA? ES is pretty simple to do, the rest is dependent on a few things. On 1 April 2015 at 14:06, vikas gopal [vikas.hafig@gmail.com](mailto:vikas.hafig@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi Exerts, > > Need your valuable suggestions here . I have ELK on a single windows > instance and I want to make it high available . I mean if one machine goes > down second will take up the whole load, like clustering. Can you suggest > how I can achieve this. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X\_0%2BjcG4pVfOa9cbxeb\_-Z%2BBzoRK6miKjc4hyM\_zj1eWA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X_0%2BjcG4pVfOa9cbxeb_-Z%2BBzoRK6miKjc4hyM_zj1eWA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025/3 "2015-04-01T06:23:35Z")
Oh!! sorry I am new to ELK , is it possible to make whole package ELK HA. Actually right now I am doing testing like what if my machine goes down which has complete ELK package on it . I saw some posts where in people have separate machines for each part but in my case I have all the 3 on single machine . Later on may be even I opt this case but for now I have 2 machines . On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Mark Walkom [markwalkom@gmail.com](mailto:markwalkom@gmail.com) wrote: > Which part do you want to make HA? > > ES is pretty simple to do, the rest is dependent on a few things. > > On 1 April 2015 at 14:06, vikas gopal [vikas.hafig@gmail.com](mailto:vikas.hafig@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi Exerts, > > > > Need your valuable suggestions here . I have ELK on a single windows > > instance and I want to make it high available . I mean if one machine goes > > down second will take up the whole load, like clustering. Can you suggest > > how I can achieve this. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/38b05ef0-56e7-4590-b5e1-aaa64ab68150%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/t3F2xR2NbzI/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/t3F2xR2NbzI/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X\_0%2BjcG4pVfOa9cbxeb\_-Z%2BBzoRK6miKjc4hyM\_zj1eWA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X_0%2BjcG4pVfOa9cbxeb_-Z%2BBzoRK6miKjc4hyM_zj1eWA%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X\_0%2BjcG4pVfOa9cbxeb\_-Z%2BBzoRK6miKjc4hyM\_zj1eWA%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X_0%2BjcG4pVfOa9cbxeb_-Z%2BBzoRK6miKjc4hyM_zj1eWA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- _Regards,_ _Vikas Gopal_ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMAr9e0cG9n1PcsEfyW3e4KDH6rRWZtMdhbOvy\_vaST9W2QoRQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMAr9e0cG9n1PcsEfyW3e4KDH6rRWZtMdhbOvy_vaST9W2QoRQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025/4 "2015-04-01T06:33:16Z")
On Wednesday, April 01, 2015 at 05:06 CEST, vikas gopal [vikas.hafig@gmail.com](mailto:vikas.hafig@gmail.com) wrote: > Need your valuable suggestions here . I have ELK on a single windows > instance and I want to make it high available . I mean if one machine > goes down second will take up the whole load, like clustering. Can you > suggest how I can achieve this. Since you're saying "like clustering", are you aware that Elasticsearch supports clustering natively? To improve the availability, run two or (preferably) at least three Elasticsearch nodes and configure replicas for your shards. If one node goes down all data will still be available. > **[Life Inside a Cluster | Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide \[2.x\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/distributed-cluster.html)** -- Magnus Bäck | Software Engineer, Development Tools [magnus.back@sonymobile.com](mailto:magnus.back@sonymobile.com) | Sony Mobile Communications -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/20150401063316.GD3582%40seldlx20533.corpusers.net](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/20150401063316.GD3582%40seldlx20533.corpusers.net). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025/5 "2015-04-16T11:35:27Z")
Thank you for the suggestion , yes I am aware and I am done with ES clustering . Now I want the same for LS . Since LS does not have in build feature like ES has , so what would be the best way for LS to make i highly available in windows environment? On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 12:03:24 PM UTC+5:30, Magnus Bäck wrote: > On Wednesday, April 01, 2015 at 05:06 CEST, > vikas gopal \<[vikas...@gmail.com](mailto:vikas...@gmail.com) \\> wrote: > > > Need your valuable suggestions here . I have ELK on a single windows > > instance and I want to make it high available . I mean if one machine > > goes down second will take up the whole load, like clustering. Can you > > suggest how I can achieve this. > > Since you're saying "like clustering", are you aware that Elasticsearch > supports clustering natively? To improve the availability, run two or > (preferably) at least three Elasticsearch nodes and configure replicas > for your shards. If one node goes down all data will still be available. > > [Life Inside a Cluster | Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide [2.x] | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/distributed-cluster.html) > > -- > Magnus Bäck | Software Engineer, Development Tools > [magnu...@sonymobile.com](mailto:magnu...@sonymobile.com) \ | Sony Mobile Communications -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/21dcc0e7-16a4-46c9-a8eb-7b6c05ec0b1e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/21dcc0e7-16a4-46c9-a8eb-7b6c05ec0b1e%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025/6 "2015-04-16T14:07:55Z")
On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 13:35 CEST, vikas gopal [vikas.hafig@gmail.com](mailto:vikas.hafig@gmail.com) wrote: > Thank you for the suggestion , yes I am aware and I am done with ES > clustering . Now I want the same for LS . Since LS does not have in > build feature like ES has , so what would be the best way for LS to > make i highly available in windows environment? Let's continue that discussion in the logstash-users thread. [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/logstash-users/tQHqrXPSV\_w/discussion](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/logstash-users/tQHqrXPSV_w/discussion) -- Magnus Bäck | Software Engineer, Development Tools [magnus.back@sonymobile.com](mailto:magnus.back@sonymobile.com) | Sony Mobile Communications -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/20150416140755.GA23695%40seldlx20533.corpusers.net](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/20150416140755.GA23695%40seldlx20533.corpusers.net). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-achieve-elk-high-availability/23025/7 "2017-07-06T00:19:19Z")