# Access Kibana outside the windows server it is running on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 21, 2015, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967 "2015-07-21T09:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marius\_Mathisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Marius\_Mathisen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Mathisen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/1 "2015-07-21T09:24:12Z")
Hi, I am trying to access Kibana outside of the Windows server it is running on. I am able to access Marvel with serverName:9200/\_plugin/marvel, but I can't seem to access Kibana outside of the windows server it is running on. It´s running on localhost:5601 locally just fine, but outside of the server it´s not responding to serverName:5601. Do I need to do something on the server to have able to communicate out? M. ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/2 "2015-07-21T09:32:11Z")
Unless you've configured Kibana to listen on the loopback interface you should be fine. Of course, there might be a firewall rules that blocks the access. "Not responding to serverName:5601" means what, connection refused? ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_Mathisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Marius\_Mathisen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Mathisen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/3 "2015-07-21T09:38:23Z")
Connection refused, yes. Does it mean that it might be a firewall blocking the port? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/4 "2015-07-21T09:47:10Z")
Yes, that's certainly a possibility. I'd also check with `netstat -an` that Kibana is actually listening on non-loopback interfaces. ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_Mathisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Marius\_Mathisen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Mathisen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/5 "2015-07-21T09:52:54Z")
127.0.0.1:5601 is in listening state with 0.0.0.0:0 under Foreign Address. That seem ok, does it not? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/6 "2015-07-21T10:08:09Z")
No, I would've expected to see 0.0.0.0:5601 as the local address, or the address of the non-loopback interface. ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_Mathisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Marius\_Mathisen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Mathisen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/7 "2015-07-21T11:40:22Z")
Hmm. And how do I solve that? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/8 "2015-07-21T11:42:16Z")
I would expect there to be a configuration option to choose what it should listen on. It should definitely default to 0.0.0.0, but it's something to double-check. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-kibana-outside-the-windows-server-it-is-running-on/25967/9 "2017-07-06T14:16:10Z")