# Installation of kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-of-kibana/40414>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 28, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-of-kibana/40414 "2016-01-28T19:39:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AdaYang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AdaYang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AdaYang)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-of-kibana/40414/1 "2016-01-28T19:39:36Z")

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In order to run sense, kibana needs to be installed first. At time moment, I only want to use Sense to check data. I have a three nodes elasticsearch cluster. Can I just install kibana and sense on one of the elasticsearch nodes, not all of the three?

Thanks a lot!

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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:** [January 28, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-of-kibana/40414/2 "2016-01-28T23:34:42Z")

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You sure can!

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-of-kibana/40414/3 "2017-07-06T14:04:00Z")

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