# With the improved features in Elasticsearch and the clustering, is using Zookeper in production to manage cluster is still a necessity?

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 3, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/with-the-improved-features-in-elasticsearch-and-the-clustering-is-using-zookeper-in-production-to-manage-cluster-is-still-a-necessity/91668 "2017-07-03T15:59:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![kabali12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@kabali12345](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kabali12345)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/with-the-improved-features-in-elasticsearch-and-the-clustering-is-using-zookeper-in-production-to-manage-cluster-is-still-a-necessity/91668/1 "2017-07-03T15:59:29Z")

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With the improved features in Elasticsearch and the clustering, is using Zookeper in production to manage cluster is still a necessity?

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**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:** [July 3, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/with-the-improved-features-in-elasticsearch-and-the-clustering-is-using-zookeper-in-production-to-manage-cluster-is-still-a-necessity/91668/2 "2017-07-03T17:21:45Z")

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I am not aware of any Zookeeper plugin for Elasticsearch that is still being maintained, so I am not sure if it is even an option.

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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 31, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/with-the-improved-features-in-elasticsearch-and-the-clustering-is-using-zookeper-in-production-to-manage-cluster-is-still-a-necessity/91668/3 "2017-07-31T17:21:52Z")

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