# Regarding Configuration Multi-Node Cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-configuration-multi-node-cluster/121031>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-configuration-multi-node-cluster/121031 "2018-02-22T11:09:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hassan\_Shaitou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hassan_shaitou/32/103867_2.png) [@Hassan\_Shaitou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hassan_Shaitou)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-configuration-multi-node-cluster/121031/1 "2018-02-22T11:09:10Z")

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in elasticsearch.yml

```
discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: 
   - 192.168.1.10:9300
   - 192.168.1.11 
   - seeds.mydomain.com 

```

What exactly is the [seeds.mydomain.com](http://seeds.mydomain.com)? In my opinion it is a domain name that can be reachable through multiple IPs, as I understood it.

e.g If I have two machines running ES (Machine 1: 10.0.0.1) (Machine 2: 10.0.0.2) on VM, what comes to my mind I configure /etc/hosts on both machines by adding the following line:

```
on Machine 1:
10.0.0.1 seeds.mydomain.com
on Machine 2:
10.0.0.2 seeds.mydomain.com

```

Am I correct?

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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:** [March 22, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-configuration-multi-node-cluster/121031/2 "2018-03-22T11:09:32Z")

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