# Multiple Elastic Agents on the same system

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-elastic-agents-on-the-same-system/306215>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker, elastic-agent\
**Created:** [June 2, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-elastic-agents-on-the-same-system/306215 "2022-06-02T10:28:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AndreiRD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AndreiRD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndreiRD)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-elastic-agents-on-the-same-system/306215/1 "2022-06-02T10:28:34Z")

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Is there any method by which two Elastic Agents with different Fleet&Output configurations can run simultaneously on the same server? _(except for Docker Containers scenario)._  
It looks like the installation paths cannot be changed.

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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:** [June 30, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-elastic-agents-on-the-same-system/306215/2 "2022-06-30T10:28:57Z")

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**Author:** ![Toby-Elastic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/toby-elastic/32/56715_2.png) [@Toby-Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Toby-Elastic)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-elastic-agents-on-the-same-system/306215/3 "2024-04-04T08:38:01Z")

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As documented at [Install Elastic Agents | Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide [8.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/8.13/elastic-agent-installation.html), it is not possible to have multiple Agents installed on the same system:

```auto
### Restrictions

Note the following restrictions when installing Elastic Agent on your system:

* You can install only a single Elastic Agent per host. Due to the fact that the Elastic Agent may read data sources that are only accessible by a superuser, Elastic Agent will therefore also need to be executed with superuser permissions.

```