# Run 2 kibana instances with different dashboards **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 14, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619 "2018-09-14T12:20:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/1 "2018-09-14T12:20:11Z")
hello, i want to run 2 instances of kibana, such that each one will point to different es cluster. I want that each kibana will have different dashboards. it is possible to do such a thing? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/2 "2018-09-14T12:28:18Z")
Hi, that's absolutely no problem. You can just use two complete different Kibana instances, and just use different `elasticsearch.url` in the `kibana.yml` they should connect to. If they should run on the same server though, you would need to give them different ports (`server.port` in the config), so they don't try to listen on the same port. I would rather recommend setting them up on different servers though. Cheers, Tim ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/3 "2018-09-14T12:32:42Z")
I did it: 1. I ran 2 elasticsearch instances on same server, with port 9200 and 9201. 2.I ran 2 instances of kibana: with port 5601 point to 9200 and the second with port 5602 point to 9201 but both of them have the same dashboards. what is the problem here? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/4 "2018-09-14T12:47:52Z")
Did the 2 Elasticsearch instances have the same cluster name so that they ended up forming a cluster? What did your `elasticsearch.yml` file look like? ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/5 "2018-09-14T13:02:51Z")
i ran 2 es instances from 2 different folders so user/elastic1/config/elasticsearch.yml containing the line: http,port : 9200 user/elastic2/config/elasticsearch.yml containing the line: http,port : 9201 ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/6 "2018-09-14T13:05:51Z")
Yes, but what was `discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts` set to? If this uses the default settings, the second node will connect to the first unless `cluster.name` differs between the configs. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/7 "2018-09-14T13:17:37Z")
I didnt set discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts at all . can you please write here what should i write in bote yml's, to create two clusters with one node? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/8 "2018-09-14T13:18:31Z")
Setting `cluster.name` to different values, e.g. `cluster1` and `cluster2`, for the two nodes is sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/9 "2018-09-16T08:10:14Z")
And what about "discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts"? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/10 "2018-09-16T08:11:18Z")
If the cluster name is different that setting does not matter. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Barnea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guy_barnea/32/35551_2.png) [@Guy\_Barnea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guy_Barnea)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/11 "2018-09-16T10:40:42Z")
It finally works! Thank you very much @Christian_Dahlqvist ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-2-kibana-instances-with-different-dashboards/148619/12 "2018-10-14T10:50:53Z")
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