# How to run nodes in a cluster on different ports at run time?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-nodes-in-a-cluster-on-different-ports-at-run-time/54568>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 2, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-nodes-in-a-cluster-on-different-ports-at-run-time/54568 "2016-07-02T06:38:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-nodes-in-a-cluster-on-different-ports-at-run-time/54568/2 "2016-07-02T06:56:15Z")

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Don't run 3 nodes on the same machine. It's not realistic.

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