# Selecting an EC2 instans type for K8

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-an-ec2-instans-type-for-k8/155696>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 7, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-an-ec2-instans-type-for-k8/155696 "2018-11-07T10:21:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_H\_Andersen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/martin_h_andersen/32/37348_2.png) [@Martin\_H\_Andersen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Martin_H_Andersen)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-an-ec2-instans-type-for-k8/155696/1 "2018-11-07T10:21:52Z")

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Is it possible on AWS EKS to select a specific EC2 instance? I would like to use R4.large for my ES cluster.

Does anyone in this forum has experiences with running ES on EKS?

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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:** [December 5, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-an-ec2-instans-type-for-k8/155696/2 "2018-12-05T10:22:07Z")

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