# Unable to add additional role to elastic instance in elastic cloud **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081 "2024-01-30T11:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RajuParipelly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajuparipelly/32/117473_2.png) [@RajuParipelly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RajuParipelly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/1 "2024-01-30T11:35:45Z")
Hello, I was trying to add additional role to the existing elasticsearch instance in the elastic cloud. I added node.roles : [remote\_cluster\_client] but while saving it throws the below error, could any one help me with this ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/d/cd4509f4fe31b21b9e3385442a50d88062732c42.png) ---
**Author:** ![yago82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yago82/32/97755_2.png) [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/2 "2024-01-30T11:39:39Z")
Hi, In Elastic Cloud, certain settings are managed by the platform and cannot be modified by users. Regards ---
**Author:** ![RajuParipelly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajuparipelly/32/117473_2.png) [@RajuParipelly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RajuParipelly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/3 "2024-01-30T11:48:41Z")
so, we can not change the node.roles settings? ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/4 "2024-01-30T15:44:32Z")
No You cannot change the node roles, but you don't need to to use remote clusters It is unclear what you're trying to accomplish. Can you tell us at the high level what you're trying to accomplish? ---
**Author:** ![RajuParipelly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajuparipelly/32/117473_2.png) [@RajuParipelly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RajuParipelly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/5 "2024-01-31T04:34:15Z")
We are trying to configure cross cluster replication ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/6 "2024-01-31T05:43:16Z")
For that you need to contact Elastic Support. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/7 "2024-01-31T06:20:40Z")
Hi @RajuParipelly cc @Christian_Dahlqvist There is no need to contact support to do cross-cluster replication in Elastic Cloud. Also, you do not need to change node roles. 1. You just need to add trust, which is easy to do in the Elastic Cloud UI > **[Trust management | Elasticsearch Service Documentation | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-trust-management.html)** 1. And then, you add remote clusters. > **[Enable cross-cluster search and cross-cluster replication | Elasticsearch...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-enable-ccs.html)** I suggest you read these docs. By default, the appropriate nodes have the correct node roles and support remote clusters roles. Example `GET _cat/nodes` ```auto 10.44.0.110 56 75 4 1.52 1.67 1.81 himrst - instance-0000000110 .......................................^ The 'r' means remote 10.44.1.150 19 67 13 0.61 0.73 0.96 lr - instance-0000000107 10.44.2.130 64 80 4 1.25 1.56 1.80 himrst * instance-0000000108 10.44.0.144 20 71 2 0.31 0.63 0.63 f - instance-0000000105 10.44.0.198 44 77 5 1.50 1.05 1.25 himrst - instance-0000000109 ``` And to be clear, specific license levels are required depending on what you want to do. `https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions/cloud` Platinum for Replication in the Same Region Enterprise for Replication across Region ![Screenshot 2024-01-30 at 10.16.14 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/f/efa3b578c121d05db8684fe9e85dbd91b942ff59.png) You can do all this without contacting support... of course you can contact support if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![RajuParipelly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajuparipelly/32/117473_2.png) [@RajuParipelly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RajuParipelly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/8 "2024-01-31T06:41:26Z")
Thanks @stephenb .. this answered my question and helped to move forward. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-additional-role-to-elastic-instance-in-elastic-cloud/352081/9 "2024-02-28T06:42:13Z")
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