# I am trying to build an es cluster, can I put logstash and elasticsearch on the same host?

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-build-an-es-cluster-can-i-put-logstash-and-elasticsearch-on-the-same-host/68081 "2016-12-05T17:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nanshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@nanshan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nanshan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-build-an-es-cluster-can-i-put-logstash-and-elasticsearch-on-the-same-host/68081/1 "2016-12-05T17:56:48Z")

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As I stated in the subject

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**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:** [December 5, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-build-an-es-cluster-can-i-put-logstash-and-elasticsearch-on-the-same-host/68081/2 "2016-12-05T22:24:07Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![nanshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@nanshan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nanshan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-build-an-es-cluster-can-i-put-logstash-and-elasticsearch-on-the-same-host/68081/3 "2016-12-05T22:36:36Z")

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what is the downside of doing this?

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**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:** [December 5, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-build-an-es-cluster-can-i-put-logstash-and-elasticsearch-on-the-same-host/68081/4 "2016-12-05T22:37:21Z")

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High load would be the most likely.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-build-an-es-cluster-can-i-put-logstash-and-elasticsearch-on-the-same-host/68081/5 "2017-01-02T22:37:22Z")

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