# Bind\_address vs publish\_address **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 5, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bind-address-vs-publish-address/14273 "2013-11-05T18:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_Uang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@Justin\_Uang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Uang)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bind-address-vs-publish-address/14273/1 "2013-11-05T18:29:18Z")
I don't quite understand the difference between these two. I thought, in general, that bind\_address is the local address (and port) that the server listens on. What is publish\_address then? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bind-address-vs-publish-address/14273/2 "2013-11-14T09:58:58Z")
Hey, usually both are the same. In case you have some special network setup you may want to change the address, where service is bound to listen to, compared to the address which is published to the other nodes and should be used by them. Makes sense? --Alex On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Justin Uang [justin.uang@gmail.com](mailto:justin.uang@gmail.com) wrote: > I don't quite understand the difference between these two. I thought, in > general, that bind\_address is the local address (and port) that the server > listens on. What is publish\_address then? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Uang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@Justin\_Uang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Uang)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bind-address-vs-publish-address/14273/3 "2013-12-04T18:26:10Z")
Yes that makes sense. Thanks for the tip! On Thursday, November 14, 2013 4:58:58 AM UTC-5, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > Hey, > > usually both are the same. In case you have some special network setup you > may want to change the address, where service is bound to listen to, > compared to the address which is published to the other nodes and should be > used by them. Makes sense? > > --Alex > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Justin Uang \<[justi...@gmail.com](mailto:justi...@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > I don't quite understand the difference between these two. I thought, in > > general, that bind\_address is the local address (and port) that the server > > listens on. What is publish\_address then? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f8a0ab01-d934-40bd-93a2-bb54de70abc5%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f8a0ab01-d934-40bd-93a2-bb54de70abc5%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bind-address-vs-publish-address/14273/4 "2017-07-06T02:03:15Z")