# Is there a prefered way to configure default number\_of\_replicas on ECK? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\ **Created:** [January 26, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-prefered-way-to-configure-default-number-of-replicas-on-eck/216553 "2020-01-26T01:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vroad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vroad/32/36242_2.png) [@vroad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vroad)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-prefered-way-to-configure-default-number-of-replicas-on-eck/216553/1 "2020-01-26T01:57:30Z")
Just setting node count to 3 does not change number\_of\_replicas value for newly created indices. I'm wondering if there is a way to configure index template using CRD, so that I can change this value easily when creating a new cluster. I could not find any article mentioning setting index template values on ECK. Quick start article has an example with 3 nodes, but doesn't mention anything about adjusting number of replicas values at all. Why? Nobody wants to increase number of nodes without creating replicas on each node, I guess. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/k8s-quickstart.html#k8s-upgrade-deployment](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/k8s-quickstart.html#k8s-upgrade-deployment) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-prefered-way-to-configure-default-number-of-replicas-on-eck/216553/2 "2020-02-23T01:57:36Z")
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