# Access elasticsearch from public ip instead of LAN ipv4

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-elasticsearch-from-public-ip-instead-of-lan-ipv4/248087>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 10, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-elasticsearch-from-public-ip-instead-of-lan-ipv4/248087 "2020-09-10T00:27:25Z")\
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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:** [September 10, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-elasticsearch-from-public-ip-instead-of-lan-ipv4/248087/2 "2020-09-10T00:29:12Z")

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Please read [Is it safe to expose Elasticsearch to the Internet?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-expose-elasticsearch-to-the-internet/247041) first.

> [@Abdul\_Samad](#):
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> network.host: 0.0.0.0 in my elasticsearch.yml

That means Elasticsearch will use any and all IPs that are attached to network interfaces on the host.

> [@Abdul\_Samad](#):
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> i want to access elasticsearch from different machine with publicip:9200, but i can't access it.

Is there a firewall in place?

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