# Install elasticsearch on the EBS attached volume

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-on-the-ebs-attached-volume/168779>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-on-the-ebs-attached-volume/168779 "2019-02-18T07:50:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![amitnegi6190](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@amitnegi6190](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitnegi6190)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-on-the-ebs-attached-volume/168779/1 "2019-02-18T07:50:53Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to install elasticsearch on a fresh aws instance. My instance has an attached EBS volume along with the root drive. I would like to install elasticsearch on the EBS volume and also store all the data on the same. Is this possible? How do I do that?

Thank you!!!

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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:** [February 18, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-on-the-ebs-attached-volume/168779/2 "2019-02-18T08:47:03Z")

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Read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/6.6/cloud-aws-best-practices.html#\_instance\_disk](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/6.6/cloud-aws-best-practices.html#_instance_disk) and [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/tune-for-indexing-speed.html#\_use\_faster\_hardware](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/tune-for-indexing-speed.html#_use_faster_hardware)

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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:** [March 18, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-on-the-ebs-attached-volume/168779/3 "2019-03-18T08:47:14Z")

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