# Question in Node Configuration

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-in-node-configuration/358782>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 6, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-in-node-configuration/358782 "2024-05-06T06:44:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![hossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@hossa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hossa)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-in-node-configuration/358782/1 "2024-05-06T06:44:03Z")

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Hello  
I have a cluster consisting of 3 nodes, one of which I want to be for reading and the other for writing  
How can I do that?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-in-node-configuration/358782/2 "2024-05-06T07:31:49Z")

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I don't think you can do that as per the documentation suggests the node roles: [Node | Elasticsearch Guide [8.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-node.html#node-roles)

But I'm wondering what problem you are trying to fix here. Could you describe?