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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Federating a Nomad Cluster"
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sidebar_current: "docs-cluster-federation"
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description: |-
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Learn how to join Nomad servers across multiple regions so users can submit
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jobs to any server in any region using global federation.
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# Federating a Cluster
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Because Nomad operates at a regional level, federation is part of Nomad core.
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Federation enables users to submit jobs or interact with the HTTP API targeting
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any region, from any server, even if that server resides in a different region.
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Federating multiple Nomad clusters is as simple as joining servers. From any
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server in one region, issue a join command to a server in a remote region:
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```shell
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$ nomad server-join 1.2.3.4:4648
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```
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Note that only one join command is required per region. Servers across regions
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discover other servers in the cluster via the gossip protocol and hence it's
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enough to join just one known server.
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If bootstrapped via Consul and the Consul clusters in the Nomad regions are
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federated, then federation occurs automatically.
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