# Where to place unicast\_hosts.txt file for cluster setup in ES 6.5

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-place-unicast-hosts-txt-file-for-cluster-setup-in-es-6-5/181799>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-place-unicast-hosts-txt-file-for-cluster-setup-in-es-6-5/181799 "2019-05-20T11:00:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-place-unicast-hosts-txt-file-for-cluster-setup-in-es-6-5/181799/10 "2019-05-21T10:12:51Z")

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Ok. Thanks for confirming. So this is not needed and should work out of the box.

Could you share your elasticsearch logs?

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