# Rally's offine installation and usage **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** rally\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rallys-offine-installation-and-usage/135289 "2018-06-11T05:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rallys-offine-installation-and-usage/135289/1 "2018-06-11T05:01:37Z")
How to benchmark already installed elasticsearch through rally in offline mode?Also for pre-installed es source build mode should be used or binary distribution can be used?Please explain and share the steps. ---
**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rallys-offine-installation-and-usage/135289/2 "2018-06-11T05:29:42Z")
Hi, we have a dedicated page about [offline usage in our docs](http://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/offline.html). > [@Duke](#): > > Also for pre-installed es source build mode should be used or binary distribution can be used? You mean you want to benchmark a cluster that you've already setup? We've got you covered in the [docs](http://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/recipes.html#benchmarking-an-existing-cluster) as well. You need to use the so-called "benchmark-only" pipeline. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rallys-offine-installation-and-usage/135289/4 "2018-07-09T05:42:12Z")
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