# Operating System Interoperability

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/operating-system-interoperability/215850>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/operating-system-interoperability/215850 "2020-01-21T09:39:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BenBell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BenBell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenBell)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/operating-system-interoperability/215850/1 "2020-01-21T09:39:25Z")

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Hi,

Does Elastic Search support multiple operating systems?

I am in a position where I want to spin up an ES cluster - preferably on Linux. We do not yet have a corporate image for Linux (although one is being developed now).

If I were to spin up a 3_master, 2_client, 4\*data cluster on Windows Server 2016 and then "swap" nodes one-by-one once we have a working Linux Image - would this be supported?

My intention would be to:

- stand up a 5th data node on Linux and then decommission the 1st Windows Server
- stand up a 6th, decommission 2nd
- 7th - 3rd
- 8th - 4th
- (then client nodes)
- (then master nodes)

Given that Elastic Search works on both Windows and Linux - is there any reason why this wouldn't work or wouldn't be supported?

Thanks

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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 18, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/operating-system-interoperability/215850/2 "2020-02-18T09:39:28Z")

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