# X-pack license question

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-question/157002
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, license
**Created:** [November 16, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-question/157002 "2018-11-16T08:03:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![johd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johd/32/1028_2.png) [@johd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johd)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-question/157002/1 "2018-11-16T08:03:45Z")

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Hi,

How does Elasticsearch keep track of whetever license is used or not on other machines?

I have a license for 10 nodes in production, can i split my cluster into 2x5 cluster and use same license?

Regards, J

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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: [November 16, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-question/157002/2 "2018-11-16T09:46:05Z")

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You should ask your Support Engineer about this for an official answer.

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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: [December 14, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-license-question/157002/3 "2018-12-14T09:46:08Z")

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