# APM Server transport error: error fetching APM Server version: write EPROTO

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-transport-error-error-fetching-apm-server-version-write-eproto/372264>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** nodejs\
**Created:** [December 20, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-transport-error-error-fetching-apm-server-version-write-eproto/372264 "2024-12-20T09:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![drms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@drms](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/drms)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-transport-error-error-fetching-apm-server-version-write-eproto/372264/1 "2024-12-20T09:22:32Z")

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my server first starts up and initializes the APM service. It doesn't actually cause any issues from what I can tell and the APM starts up fine, but I'd love to understand why it's throwing this error and what I can do to fix it.

Error:

Listening on port 3030  
{"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2024-12-20T08:53:14.655Z","log.logger":"elastic-apm-node","ecs.version":"8.10.0","message":"APM Server transport error: error fetching APM Server version: write EPROTO 140483194686464:error:1408F10B:SSL routines:ssl3\_get\_record:wrong version number:ssl/record/ssl3\_record.c:332:\n"}

configuration :

index.js  
var apm = require('elastic-apm-node').start({  
// Allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, \_, and space  
serviceName: 'node-app-1',

// Use if APM Server requires a secret token  
secretToken: 'test**demo', // from Step 6  
serverUrl: 'https://**:8200',  
verifyServerCert: true,  
environment: 'production'  
});

**Kibana version** : 8.15.1

**Elasticsearch version** : 8.15.1

**APM Server version** : 8.15.1

**APM Agent language and version** : English /8.15.1

**Browser version** :Mic Edge

**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**:Download page

**Fresh install or upgraded from other version?** New Install