# How to connect Kibana to a cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-kibana-to-a-cluster/82115 "2017-04-12T08:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@tomer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomer)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-kibana-to-a-cluster/82115/1 "2017-04-12T08:31:58Z")
Hi everyone, From what I saw in [this manual](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html) to connect to a cluster of 3 ES nodes (one master and two data) from Kibana. I need to create another ES on the Kibana VM that is not master and not data. Two questions: 1- is this a correct way? 2 - is there a simpler way? ---
**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-kibana-to-a-cluster/82115/2 "2017-04-12T15:06:48Z")
> [@tomer](#): > > From what I saw in this manual to connect to a cluster of 3 ES nodes (one master and two data) from Kibana. I need to create another ES on the Kibana VM that is not master and not data. > > Two questions:1- is this a correct way?2 - is there a simpler way? Am assuming that you separating the servers using virtual machines or maybe one big server. It is the current recommended way to load balance. Ref: [Use Kibana in a production environment | Kibana Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html#load-balancing) So this is the correct way. Thanks Rashmi ---
**Author:** ![tomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@tomer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-kibana-to-a-cluster/82115/3 "2017-04-18T06:30:26Z")
Thanks Rashmi! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-kibana-to-a-cluster/82115/4 "2017-05-16T06:44:50Z")
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