# Kibana Setup

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setup/280955
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setup/280955 "2021-08-10T17:39:33Z")
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### Author: ![prithvirajsivarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@prithvirajsivarajan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prithvirajsivarajan)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setup/280955/1 "2021-08-10T17:39:33Z")

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I'm working on an elasticsearch cluster with two nodes. I have setup SSL on both of them. Now want to install kibana. Is it necessary to install kibana on both nodes?

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### Author: ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setup/280955/2 "2021-08-10T20:40:47Z")

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No, one kibana instance can reach all the nodes in the cluster.

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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: [September 7, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setup/280955/3 "2021-09-07T20:41:15Z")

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