# Multiple nodes in a single Ubuntu host with Debian package based install

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396 "2021-01-27T16:19:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Citeyes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/citeyes/32/71224_2.png) [@Citeyes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Citeyes)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396/1 "2021-01-27T16:19:58Z")

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Hello community,  
I have installed elastic 7 and Kibana in a ubuntu host for dev purpose. I need to run multiple nodes under this unique host. However I installed elastic using apt install (Debian package) method ending up having the default configuration and home folder etc (/etc/elasticsearch, /usr/share/elasticsearch ) as documented [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/deb.html)

So far all documentations I found regarding setting up multiple nodes are mentioning installing manually different directories.  
Do we have a documentation about how to configure multiple nodes using the Debian package based install ?

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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:** [January 27, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396/2 "2021-01-27T22:15:38Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

There's no official way to do this, as the assumption is a single host per package. Usually we'd recommend using docker containers for this. Alternatively I know that some configuration management tools (eg Ansible) can config and run multiple instances.

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**Author:** ![Citeyes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/citeyes/32/71224_2.png) [@Citeyes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Citeyes)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396/3 "2021-01-28T01:42:21Z")

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Thank your your welcoming and the information  
[This page](https://github.com/elastic/ansible-elasticsearch) is stating that "Note that we do not support anymore installation of more than one node in the same host" . #sadtime  
What do you usually recommend with docker ? Install docker in the ubuntu host and create an instance for each host? Would that work with a basic license?

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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:** [January 28, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396/4 "2021-01-28T01:55:21Z")

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You can run multiple docker instances on a single host if you have the resources.

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**Author:** ![Citeyes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/citeyes/32/71224_2.png) [@Citeyes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Citeyes)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396/5 "2021-01-28T18:58:15Z")

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Would that work with a basic license ?

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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:** [January 28, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396/6 "2021-01-28T22:16:57Z")

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100%!

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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 25, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-nodes-in-a-single-ubuntu-host-with-debian-package-based-install/262396/7 "2021-02-25T22:17:00Z")

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