{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/461","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/461/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/461/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/461/events","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/461","id":124698543,"number":461,"title":"Explain how to cluster nodes","user":{"login":"markwalkom","id":3184718,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3184718?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom","html_url":"https://github.com/markwalkom","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/markwalkom/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2016-01-04T05:21:43Z","updated_at":"2016-01-22T22:41:32Z","closed_at":null,"body":"We don't adequately do this in the current version of the guide. We have [\"start another node on the same host\"](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_add_failover.html#_add_failover) and [\"change cluster.name\"](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_important_configuration_changes.html#_assign_names)/[\"use unicast\"](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_important_configuration_changes.html#_prefer_unicast_over_multicast), but that's very light, [easy to miss](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-elastic-search-nodes-to-talk-to-each-other-in-digital-ocean-droplets/38289) and doesn't go into the unicast/multicast differences (which is understandable with the 2.X upgrade coming).\r\n\r\nHaving a chapter explaining basic config settings to have a multi node setup would be fantastic."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/comments/174077417","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/461#issuecomment-174077417","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/461","id":174077417,"user":{"login":"polyfractal","id":1224228,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1224228?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal","html_url":"https://github.com/polyfractal","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-22T22:41:32Z","updated_at":"2016-01-22T22:41:32Z","body":"<3  Even just a bullet list of salient points to hit would be awesome.  "}}