# Using something like ELB in front of ElasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-something-like-elb-in-front-of-elasticsearch/2391>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-something-like-elb-in-front-of-elasticsearch/2391 "2015-06-11T00:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![faitlezen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@faitlezen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/faitlezen)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-something-like-elb-in-front-of-elasticsearch/2391/1 "2015-06-11T00:39:02Z")

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I'm wondering what you guys think about using ELB (AWS Elastic Load Balancer) in front of ElasticSearch.  
I know I can create an ES node and turn it into a smart load balancer but it's not very cost effective if you want to make your load balancer Highly Available.  
I'm using ES in the context of an ELK stack with 3 nodes

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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:** [June 11, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-something-like-elb-in-front-of-elasticsearch/2391/2 "2015-06-11T00:58:42Z")

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That should be fine.

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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 6, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-something-like-elb-in-front-of-elasticsearch/2391/3 "2017-07-06T00:08:20Z")

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