# Bootstrap failure: Failed to bind address **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 30, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-failure-failed-to-bind-address/67570 "2016-11-30T02:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![animageofmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@animageofmine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/animageofmine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-failure-failed-to-bind-address/67570/1 "2016-11-30T02:48:26Z")
Following is the error I am getting: ``` org.elasticsearch.transport.BindTransportException: Failed to bind to [9300-9400] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindToPort(TcpTransport.java:626) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindServer(TcpTransport.java:591) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Transport.doStart(Netty4Transport.java:182) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:68) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService.doStart(TransportService.java:182) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:68) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:525) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:288) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:112) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:103) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:96) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) [elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] Caused by: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:433) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:425) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:223) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel.doBind(NioServerSocketChannel.java:127) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AbstractUnsafe.bind(AbstractChannel.java:554) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1258) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeBind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:511) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.bind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:496) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:980) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.bind(AbstractChannel.java:250) ~[?:?] at io.netty.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap$2.run(AbstractBootstrap.java:363) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:163) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:418) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:440) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:873) ~[?:?] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) ~[?:1.8.0_111] ``` Following is my elasticsearch.yml ``` cluster.name: es01 node.name: esnode01 node.master: true node.data: false node.ingest: false network.host: 10.10.10.11 discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: 10.10.10.11,10.10.10.12,10.10.10.13 discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 2 ``` The cluster has 3 dedicated master nodes, 5 data nodes and 1 client node. Each node will have node.host set to its IP address. In this case I only spinned up one dedicated master and it ended up with the above exception. Any ideas? Let me know if you need more information. ---
**Author:** ![animageofmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@animageofmine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/animageofmine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-failure-failed-to-bind-address/67570/2 "2016-11-30T02:52:26Z")
copying remaining part of the stack trace since last message exceeded the total allowed limit for message ``` 2016-11-30T02:21:23,410][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [esnode01] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: BindTransportException[Failed to bind to [9300-9400]]; nested: BindException[Cannot assign requested address]; at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:96) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] Caused by: org.elasticsearch.transport.BindTransportException: Failed to bind to [9300-9400] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindToPort(TcpTransport.java:626) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindServer(TcpTransport.java:591) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Transport.doStart(Netty4Transport.java:182) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:68) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService.doStart(TransportService.java:182) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:68) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:525) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:288) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.1.jar:5.0.1] ... 6 more Caused by: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:433) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:425) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:223) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel.doBind(NioServerSocketChannel.java:127) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AbstractUnsafe.bind(AbstractChannel.java:554) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1258) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeBind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:511) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.bind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:496) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:980) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.bind(AbstractChannel.java:250) ~[?:?] at io.netty.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap$2.run(AbstractBootstrap.java:363) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:163) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:418) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:440) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:873) ~[?:?] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_111] ``` ---
**Author:** ![mvg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mvg/32/98890_2.png) [@mvg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvg)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-failure-failed-to-bind-address/67570/3 "2016-11-30T12:40:25Z")
I think a node (or something else) is already running these ports? Can you run `lsof -i` and see if something else running? ---
**Author:** ![animageofmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@animageofmine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/animageofmine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-failure-failed-to-bind-address/67570/4 "2016-11-30T16:54:11Z")
I checked that, this is the only process using the port. If I change the value for network.host=0.0.0.0, things work ok, but if it is VMs IP address, it does not work. Please note that the cluster is dockerized, so the container is using VMs IP address. I verified that firewall is not an issue. ---
**Author:** ![animageofmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@animageofmine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/animageofmine)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-failure-failed-to-bind-address/67570/5 "2016-12-01T02:53:12Z")
FYI: I found the solution. Updated the host address to 0.0.0.0, published to IP address of the host on which docker container is located and bind address to 0.0.0.0. The documentation is a bit misleading, so had to play trial and error method. ``` cluster.name: es01 node.name: esnode01 node.master: true node.data: false node.ingest: false network.host: 0.0.0.0 network.published_host: network.bind_host: 0.0.0.0 discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 2 ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-failure-failed-to-bind-address/67570/6 "2016-12-29T02:53:20Z")
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