# Point Kibana to two elasticsearch clusters **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 28, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415 "2016-01-28T19:47:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![parthu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@parthu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/1 "2016-01-28T19:47:27Z")
I have two elasticsearch clusters - one running on the default port (9200) and the other on 9220. Right now, the Kibana I have points to the ES running on 9220 and fetches logs belonging to default index (logstash-\*). I need to now point the same Kibana to the ES running on 9200 and fetch logs belonging to an index specific to this ES running on 9200. Could someone guide me thru this? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/2 "2016-01-28T19:51:20Z")
A given Kibana instance can only be connected to one ES cluster at a time. The URL to use is configured via the kibana.yml configuration file. ---
**Author:** ![parthu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@parthu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/3 "2016-01-28T20:25:15Z")
Thanks! ---
**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, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/4 "2016-01-28T21:33:03Z")
You could use an ES tribe node to do this though. ---
**Author:** ![parthu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@parthu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/5 "2016-01-28T21:47:00Z")
Could you guide me to a link that explains what a "tribe" node is. I have never heard of it. Many thanks! ---
**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, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/6 "2016-01-28T23:33:45Z")
Sure - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/modules-tribe.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/modules-tribe.html) ---
**Author:** ![parthu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@parthu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthu)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/7 "2016-01-29T14:45:33Z")
Looks like "Tribe" is a concept specific to Elasticsearch 2.1? Is my assumption correct? The ES that's running on 9200 is 1.3.2, while the ES running on 9220 is 1.4.4. Could I still use the concept of Tribe? ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/8 "2016-01-29T20:59:11Z")
No, it came in earlier than that. You don't want to run a tribe node across clusters of differing version if you can. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-kibana-to-two-elasticsearch-clusters/40415/9 "2017-07-06T14:03:50Z")