# Kubernetes for a production workload

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-for-a-production-workload/98753>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 29, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-for-a-production-workload/98753 "2017-08-29T20:37:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tiago\_Soares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Tiago\_Soares](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tiago_Soares)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-for-a-production-workload/98753/1 "2017-08-29T20:37:48Z")

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Hey guys! We have a guideline, advice to use Elasticsearch on kubernetes for a production workload?  
Or isn't recommended at all?

Thank you!

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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:** [August 29, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-for-a-production-workload/98753/2 "2017-08-29T22:10:53Z")

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While people have done this, we don't provide any explicit recommendations around this sort of thing.

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**Author:** ![Tiago\_Soares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Tiago\_Soares](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tiago_Soares)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-for-a-production-workload/98753/3 "2017-08-31T22:34:06Z")

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But do you think that it's might be a good idea or just brings complexity?

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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:** [August 31, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-for-a-production-workload/98753/4 "2017-08-31T23:28:32Z")

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That depends entirely on your environment and use case.

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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 28, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-for-a-production-workload/98753/5 "2017-09-28T23:28:59Z")

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