# After setting transport.tcp.port on an embedded node, I get connection refused on that port

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setting-transport-tcp-port-on-an-embedded-node-i-get-connection-refused-on-that-port/16742>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 1, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setting-transport-tcp-port-on-an-embedded-node-i-get-connection-refused-on-that-port/16742 "2014-04-01T16:43:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setting-transport-tcp-port-on-an-embedded-node-i-get-connection-refused-on-that-port/16742/1 "2014-04-01T16:43:47Z")

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I have a test that uses the embedded node. It works well usually with  
Data-less node and HTTP API. I have a problem when I run a test using  
TransportClient to connect to the other node (on the same JVM), I get:

org.elasticsearch.transport.ConnectTransportException: [][inet[/127.0.0.1:9300]]  
connect\_timeout[30s]  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransport.connectToChannelsLight(NettyTransport.java:683)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransport.connectToNode(NettyTransport.java:643)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransport.connectToNodeLight(NettyTransport.java:610)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService.connectToNodeLight(TransportService.java:133)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClientNodesService$SimpleNodeSampler.doSample(TransportClientNodesService.java:355)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClientNodesService$NodeSampler.sample(TransportClientNodesService.java:301)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClientNodesService.addTransportAddresses(TransportClientNodesService.java:169)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient.addTransportAddress(TransportClient.java:237)  
at  
com.netaporter.cms.estests.test.TransportClientTest.testTransportClient(TransportClientTest.java:18)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at  
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)  
at  
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)  
at  
org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:47)  
at  
org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)  
at  
org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:44)  
at  
org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)  
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:271)  
at  
org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:70)  
at  
org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:50)  
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:238)  
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:63)  
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:236)  
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:53)  
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:229)  
at  
org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)  
at  
org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)  
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:309)  
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:160)  
at  
com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:74)  
at  
com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:202)  
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:65)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at  
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)  
at  
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)  
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:120)  
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: /127.0.0.1:9300

which is strange because I set up the port with (on the embedded node):

port = 11547; // User ports range 1024 - 49151  
tcpport = 9300;  
settings.put("http.port", port);  
settings.put("transport.tcp.port", tcpport);

the embedded node _is also local_.

The transport client is as simple as:

TransportClient client = new TransportClient();  
client.addTransportAddress(new InetSocketTransportAddress(  
"127.0.0.1", getTcpPort()));

```
    client.prepareIndex("test", "type").setSource("field", "value").

```

execute().actionGet();

I tried both with 127.0.0.1 and localhost

any ideas? A colleague has been able to have the TransportClient work with  
a remote machine, but not with localhost.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-setting-transport-tcp-port-on-an-embedded-node-i-get-connection-refused-on-that-port/16742/2 "2017-07-06T01:38:58Z")

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