# What is the best practice procedure for Changing Cluster UUID of Cloned Elasticsearch Cluster to Create a New Environment?

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**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-practice-procedure-for-changing-cluster-uuid-of-cloned-elasticsearch-cluster-to-create-a-new-environment/357720 "2024-04-18T14:23:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fatma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Fatma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatma)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-practice-procedure-for-changing-cluster-uuid-of-cloned-elasticsearch-cluster-to-create-a-new-environment/357720/1 "2024-04-18T14:23:31Z")

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What is the best practice procedure for Changing Cluster UUID of Cloned Elasticsearch Cluster to Create a New Environment?

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**Author:** ![Kathleen\_DeRusso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kathleen_derusso/32/132039_2.png) [@Kathleen\_DeRusso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kathleen_DeRusso)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-practice-procedure-for-changing-cluster-uuid-of-cloned-elasticsearch-cluster-to-create-a-new-environment/357720/2 "2024-04-18T18:52:07Z")

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As a general rule, cloning can cause issues and isn't a best practice. But if you need to change the uuid check out [these instructions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/node-tool.html#node-tool-unsafe-bootstrap)

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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:** [May 16, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-practice-procedure-for-changing-cluster-uuid-of-cloned-elasticsearch-cluster-to-create-a-new-environment/357720/3 "2024-05-16T18:52:37Z")

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