# In ELK 6.0 version, where can I see shards ? Looks like I can't install Elastic-Head plugin which can give this information
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069 "2018-03-21T19:46:58Z")
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### Author:  [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069/1 "2018-03-21T19:46:58Z")
In ELK 6.0 version, where can I see shards and all the nodes in the cluster ? Looks like I can't install Elastic-Head plugin which can give this information starting from ELK 5.0 version.
I am using ELK 6.0 on windows 8 OS.
Thank You
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069/2 "2018-03-21T19:50:46Z")
What do you want to look at exactly? Do you have X-Pack with a basic license for the Monitoring functionality?
Also FYI we’ve renamed ELK to the Elastic Stack, otherwise Beats and APM feel left out! 😉 Check out [https://www.elastic.co/elk-stack](https://www.elastic.co/elk-stack)
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### Author:  [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069/3 "2018-03-21T19:59:45Z")
Mark,
I want to see the list of data nodes (like we see in Microsoft HPC) in a cluster and how many shards and their corresponding indices and Types are stored on the data nodes.
Right now I have my windows 8 laptop which has Elastic search instance, Logstash and Kibana running all on one machine. In real world, I am sure there will multiple data nodes to save data.
Is Xpack the admin tool that gives the information of the cluster and its nodes? Is Xpack a plugin?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069/4 "2018-03-21T20:05:49Z")
> [@jason\_smith](#):
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> Is Xpack the admin tool that gives the information of the cluster and its nodes? Is Xpack a plugin?
Yes to all of that.
See [Elastic Stack: Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats & Logstash | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack)
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### Author:  [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069/5 "2018-03-21T20:17:57Z")
Thanks Mark. I will go ahead and install Xpack on my single node just for experience sake.
Kind regards
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### Author:  [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069/6 "2018-03-21T23:53:23Z")
Mark,
I was able to install Xpack and I am happy now.
thank you very much
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-elk-6-0-version-where-can-i-see-shards-looks-like-i-cant-install-elastic-head-plugin-which-can-give-this-information/125069/7 "2018-04-18T23:53:23Z")
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