# Prioritize ES node for Kibana requests

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-es-node-for-kibana-requests/192626>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-es-node-for-kibana-requests/192626 "2019-07-29T07:36:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nonow53](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nonow53/32/81767_2.png) [@Nonow53](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nonow53)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-es-node-for-kibana-requests/192626/1 "2019-07-29T07:36:47Z")

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Hello,

When I define a multiple elasticsearch hosts in config file, is it possible to prioritize one host over the others ?  
Can I affect a weight in order to redistribute essentially to one specific node and send requests on other nodes only when this node is down ?

I have a Kibana instance on the same server that a node of the cluster. I want the requests would be redirected to this node prioritizely.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-es-node-for-kibana-requests/192626/2 "2019-07-29T21:11:16Z")

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For this purpose, Elasticsearch has a concept of a [Coordinating Only node](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-node.html#coordinating-only-node) to handle load balancing. After setting up the nodes you only list the Coordinating Only node(s) as hosts in Kibana.

See also, the Kibana High Availability section in this [blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/small-medium-or-large-scaling-elasticsearch-and-evolving-the-elastic-stack-to-fit).

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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:** [August 26, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-es-node-for-kibana-requests/192626/3 "2019-08-26T21:11:20Z")

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