# Two node cluster elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 27, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901 "2023-10-27T09:42:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@admin365](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/admin365)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901/1 "2023-10-27T09:42:31Z")
hello,
I've set up a cluster with two Elasticsearch nodes, but when the primary node fails, the secondary node doesn't automatically assume the role of the master. So, my question is, should I configure the secondary node as the master manually when the primary node goes down, or is it supposed to happen automatically? I suspect that it's not feasible with two nodes. So my question do you think setting it manually will be a solution or also not feasible.
Do you have any idea ?
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901/2 "2023-10-27T10:05:04Z")
In order to have a highly available cluster that can handle the failure of one node [you need at least 3 master eligible nodes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.10/high-availability-cluster-small-clusters.html). You can not achieve this with just 2 nodes.
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### Author:  [@admin365](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/admin365)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901/3 "2023-10-27T10:09:08Z")
So do you think trying to set the second node manually as master it will not be a good solution ?
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### Author:  [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901/4 "2023-10-27T13:17:51Z")
> [@admin365](#):
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> So do you think trying to set the second node manually as master it will not be a good solution ?
With two node cluster you can have only one master, if the master goes down you need to bring it up, there is no solution to this.
If you want a high available cluster you need at least 3 nodes, you can not do that with 2 nodes.
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### Author:  [@admin365](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/admin365)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901/5 "2023-10-27T13:30:31Z")
Thank you!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-node-cluster-elasticsearch/345901/6 "2023-11-24T13:31:03Z")
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