---
title: Local cross cluster search setup
description: Local cross cluster search setup
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/extend/getting-started/local-cross-cluster-search-setup
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Local cross cluster search setup
### Local CCS (cross cluster search) instructions

- Spin up a "remote" instance of Elasticsearch (this needs to start before the "local" instance for some odd reason):

```
yarn es snapshot -E http.port=9500 -E transport.port=9600 -E path.data=../remote
```

- Spin up the "local" instance of Elasticsearch:

```
yarn es snapshot
```

- Load data into both the "remote" and "local" clusters:

```
node scripts/makelogs.js -c 100000 -d 100/10 --url elastic:changeme@localhost:9500
node scripts/makelogs.js -c 100000 -d 100/10 --url elastic:changeme@localhost:9200
```

- Spin up Kibana:

```
yarn start
```

Once it is running, do the following:
- Open http://localhost:5601/app/management/data/remote_clusters
- Click "Add a remote cluster"
- Choose a name, put "localhost:9600" for "Seed nodes", and save (check "Yes, I have setup trust")
- Make sure the connection status is "Connected"
- Open http://localhost:5601/app/management/kibana/dataViews
- Click "Create data view"
- For "Index pattern", put "logstash-*,*:logstash-*" (the asterisk indicates all remote clusters) and save
- Go to Discover and select your data view, and it should be querying using CCS