# \[SOLVED\] Adding nodes to same system?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 30, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450 "2016-06-30T16:53:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Speedman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/speedman/32/37066_2.png) [@Speedman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Speedman)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450/1 "2016-06-30T16:53:43Z")

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New to ES. I'm working through the guide and came across a mention that you can have multiple nodes on a single system. Because I'm still learning how to do stuff with ES, I only have my workstation available for testing, so this is something I'd like to figure out how to do. However, the link it gives for instructions on setting up nodes make no mention of how to do multiple nodes on the same machine. Where/how do I do this?

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**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:** [June 30, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450/2 "2016-06-30T17:20:14Z")

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Just start the process up to 5 times.

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**Author:** ![Speedman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/speedman/32/37066_2.png) [@Speedman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Speedman)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450/3 "2016-06-30T17:51:05Z")

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I have ES running as a service. Just create more instances of it, then?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450/4 "2016-06-30T18:19:12Z")

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Yeah, pretty much. I think the init script should support that use case fairly well.

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**Author:** ![Speedman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/speedman/32/37066_2.png) [@Speedman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Speedman)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450/5 "2016-07-01T11:35:22Z")

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That did the trick. Thanks guys!

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-adding-nodes-to-same-system/54450/6 "2017-07-05T22:38:58Z")

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