# How to move from 2 node cluster to single node?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-from-2-node-cluster-to-single-node/356861>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 5, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-from-2-node-cluster-to-single-node/356861 "2024-04-05T11:45:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-from-2-node-cluster-to-single-node/356861/2 "2024-04-05T21:23:20Z")

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Solved, followed this: [How to move from 3 node cluster to single node - #4 by leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-from-3-node-cluster-to-single-node/351132/4)

```auto
PUT _cluster/settings
{
  "persistent" : {
    "cluster.routing.allocation.exclude._ip" : "NODE-IP"
  }
}

```

```auto

PUT /*/_settings
{
 "index" : {
  "number_of_replicas":0,
  "auto_expand_replicas": false
 }
}

```

Removed node-2 references in elasticsearch.yml

Restart ES.

Stopped node 2 ES then shutdowned server.

Solved.

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