# Standalone to Cluster Migration - any tips

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211 "2022-02-24T19:24:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![PSFletchTheTek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@PSFletchTheTek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PSFletchTheTek)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211/1 "2022-02-24T19:24:54Z")

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Hi All,  
So I've got a nice elk instance working.  
My first in a very long time ( thanks to the security pack) that I don't want to blow away and rebuild when I want to reconfigure it.  
But what I had always planned to do was build a cluster. 3 node data cluster.

So, what is the easiest way to move a 1 server elk.  
To 3 ES, 1kibana and 1 Logstash server?  
From the looks of things kibana relies on es for data so should be easy to move and repoint.  
Same with Logstash, reinstall and move configure job done.  
So how do I move a stand alone config to a cluster and ideally keep it all balanced and happy?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211/2 "2022-02-27T23:41:50Z")

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What version are you running?

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**Author:** ![PSFletchTheTek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@PSFletchTheTek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PSFletchTheTek)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211/3 "2022-02-28T06:55:48Z")

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7 only about 3 months old

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211/4 "2022-02-28T09:13:57Z")

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Latest is 7.17, is that it?

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**Author:** ![PSFletchTheTek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@PSFletchTheTek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PSFletchTheTek)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211/5 "2022-03-01T12:01:16Z")

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Straight out of the horses mouth!  
Hope this helps!

```auto
{
  "name" : "node-1",
  "cluster_name" : "Server-ELK",
  "cluster_uuid" : "r5n8RYeGTo6EZX-jXVG3Cw",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.16.2",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "deb",
    "build_hash" : "2b937c44140b6559905130a8650c64dbd0879cfb",
    "build_date" : "2021-12-18T19:42:46.604893745Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.10.1",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"

```

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211/6 "2022-03-01T22:53:45Z")

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Does [Add and remove nodes in your cluster | Elasticsearch Guide [7.17] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.17/add-elasticsearch-nodes.html) help?

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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 29, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-to-cluster-migration-any-tips/298211/7 "2022-03-29T22:54:42Z")

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