# Running a elasticsearch 7.9 cluster of two (or several) nodes on same (windows) machine **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 23, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-elasticsearch-7-9-cluster-of-two-or-several-nodes-on-same-windows-machine/253162 "2020-10-23T16:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dror](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dror)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-elasticsearch-7-9-cluster-of-two-or-several-nodes-on-same-windows-machine/253162/1 "2020-10-23T16:34:17Z")
Hi ! i'm trying to run a cluster of two (or several) nodes on same (windows) machine. **Each node is pointing to the other node in the "discovery.seed\_hosts"** node 1 configuration is (the only rows that changed from default) (Note that each): ```auto network.host: 127.0.0.1 cluster.name: my-application node.name: node-1 http.port: 9202 discovery.seed_hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9200"] cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1"] ``` node 2 configuration is (the only rows that changed from default): ```auto cluster.name: my-application node.name: node-2 network.host: 127.0.0.1 http.port: 9200 discovery.seed_hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9202"] cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1"] ``` After i start the two nodes (on the same server) and do: **GET [http://localhost:9200/\_cluster/health](http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health)** **i'm seeing only one node instead of two:** ```auto { "cluster_name": "my-application", "status": "green", "timed_out": false, **"number_of_nodes": 1,** "number_of_data_nodes": 1, "active_primary_shards": 0, "active_shards": 0, "relocating_shards": 0, "initializing_shards": 0, "unassigned_shards": 0, "delayed_unassigned_shards": 0, "number_of_pending_tasks": 0, "number_of_in_flight_fetch": 0, "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis": 0, "active_shards_percent_as_number": 100.0 } ``` what am i doing wrong here ? thanks ---
**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:** [October 24, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-elasticsearch-7-9-cluster-of-two-or-several-nodes-on-same-windows-machine/253162/2 "2020-10-24T01:39:51Z")
Welcome! ``` discovery.seed_hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9202"] ``` Should be ``` discovery.seed_hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9302"] ``` Same for the other node 9200 should be 9300 Then in the second node, you need to change `transport.port` to `9302`. Are you doing that just for a test? Or do you want to run that kind of configuration in production? ---
**Author:** ![dror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dror](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dror)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-elasticsearch-7-9-cluster-of-two-or-several-nodes-on-same-windows-machine/253162/3 "2020-10-24T12:55:29Z")
thanks a lot David. - i needed this for development machine only. - i tried setting the discovery as suggested ```auto discovery.seed_hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9302"] ``` however i saw from the log the node defaulted to 9301 (strangely, i didnt see anything in the documentation to explain how this value can be overridden through configuration). instead of changing the configuration to ```auto discovery.seed_hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9301"] ``` i changed both configuration files to : ```auto discovery.seed_hosts: ["127.0.0.1"] ``` now i'm finally seeing: ```auto { "cluster_name": "my-application", "status": "green", "timed_out": false, "number_of_nodes": 2, "number_of_data_nodes": 2, "active_primary_shards": 0, "active_shards": 0, "relocating_shards": 0, "initializing_shards": 0, "unassigned_shards": 0, "delayed_unassigned_shards": 0, "number_of_pending_tasks": 0, "number_of_in_flight_fetch": 0, "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis": 0, "active_shards_percent_as_number": 100.0 } ``` Thanks a lot for putting me on the right path ! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-elasticsearch-7-9-cluster-of-two-or-several-nodes-on-same-windows-machine/253162/4 "2020-10-24T13:12:02Z")
> [@dror](#): > > i didnt see anything in the documentation to explain how this value can be overridden through configuration I think that `transport.port` helps for that. ---
**Author:** ![dror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dror](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dror)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-elasticsearch-7-9-cluster-of-two-or-several-nodes-on-same-windows-machine/253162/5 "2020-10-24T17:56:41Z")
Thank you David Much appreciated ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-a-elasticsearch-7-9-cluster-of-two-or-several-nodes-on-same-windows-machine/253162/6 "2020-11-21T17:56:54Z")
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