# How to create two nodes in a single system
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-two-nodes-in-a-single-system/93905
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 20, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-two-nodes-in-a-single-system/93905 "2017-07-20T10:14:36Z")
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### Author:  [@kkotari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kkotari)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-two-nodes-in-a-single-system/93905/1 "2017-07-20T10:14:36Z")
How to create 2 different data nodes and configure them to 2 projects.
Data sets are 1 GB each and I am maintaining them in my local system.
Thanks,
Kiran Kumar
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### Author:  [@kkotari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kkotari)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-two-nodes-in-a-single-system/93905/2 "2017-07-20T17:24:01Z")
I found the solution @[stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35717790/how-to-add-a-new-node-to-my-elasticsearch-cluster)
Complete steps on Windows Box are:
1. unzip elastic, go to `C:\ELK\elastic` run the following command `bin\elasticsearch-service.bat install enode1` which will create service named enode1
2. edit `elasticsearch.yml` config file:
> cluster.name: Animals
> node.name: Snake
> node.master: true
> node.data: true
> path.data: C:\ELK\storage\snake\data
> path.logs: C:\ELK\storage\snake\logs
> http.port: 9200
1. run service manager `enode1` and set-up your services rules and start the service
if service manager fails, start manually use the following command `bin/elasticsearch.bat`
2. unzip elastic, go to `C:\ELK\elastic2` run the following command `bin\elasticsearch-service.bat install enode2` which will create service named enode2
3. edit `elasticsearch.yml` config file:
> cluster.name: Animals
> node.name: Baboon
> node.master: true
> node.data: true
> path.data: C:\ELK\storage\baboon\data
> path.logs: C:\ELK\storage\baboon\logs
> http.port: 9201
1. run service manager `enode2` and set-up your services rules and start the service
if service manager fails, start manually use the following command `bin/elasticsearch.bat`
2. At this point you have 2 separate nodes as 2 separate Windows Services and `GET http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health` shows something like:
> {
> "cluster\_name": "Animals",
> "status": "green",
> "timed\_out": false,
> "number\_of\_nodes": 2,
> "number\_of\_data\_nodes": 2,
> "active\_primary\_shards": 4,
> "active\_shards": 8,
> "relocating\_shards": 0,
> "initializing\_shards": 0,
> "unassigned\_shards": 0,
> "delayed\_unassigned\_shards": 0,
> "number\_of\_pending\_tasks": 0,
> "number\_of\_in\_flight\_fetch": 0,
> "task\_max\_waiting\_in\_queue\_millis": 0,
> "active\_shards\_percent\_as\_number": 100
> }
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-two-nodes-in-a-single-system/93905/3 "2017-08-17T17:24:06Z")
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