# Kibana elasticsearch Cluster communication

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-cluster-communication/214559>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 10, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-cluster-communication/214559 "2020-01-10T08:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivektsb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vivektsb/32/49029_2.png) [@vivektsb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vivektsb)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-cluster-communication/214559/1 "2020-01-10T08:14:33Z")

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Hi Team,

We are currently using 7 node elasticsearch cluster with 6.7.1 with 5 master eligible nodes.

Recently observed that whenever master changes KIbana is not losing connectivity without modifying elasticsearch ip in kibana.yml and automatically connecting to cluster .Is this change implemented in this version?

Regards,  
Vivek

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**Author:** ![joshdover](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joshdover/32/42020_2.png) [@joshdover](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshdover)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-cluster-communication/214559/2 "2020-01-10T23:10:26Z")

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Kibana 6.6 introduced "sniffing" support which allows Kibana to learn about other nodes in the cluster and automatically switch when one node stops responding.

To enable this feature, you'll need to add this setting to your kibana.yml:

```auto
elasticsearch.sniffOnConnectionFault: true

```

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**Author:** ![vivektsb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vivektsb/32/49029_2.png) [@vivektsb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vivektsb)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-cluster-communication/214559/3 "2020-01-16T09:13:01Z")

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Thanks Joshover...

Regards,  
Vivek

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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:** [February 13, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-cluster-communication/214559/4 "2020-02-13T09:25:11Z")

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