# Cannot connect to ES on localhost **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 2, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-es-on-localhost/162588 "2019-01-02T04:18:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sid\_nikhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sid\_nikhil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sid_nikhil)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-es-on-localhost/162588/1 "2019-01-02T04:18:28Z")
the below image shows kibana and ES are running (I am using Windows 8) But i cannot connect to ES on localhost:9200 ![Capture_kibana_es_on](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/46a70248c744b606eaca0b558663a26aa597c2e7.png) Kibana is loading on localhost:5601 but i cant see any contents there: this is what i see ![Capture_kibaba_notloading](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/6/66c1e5a1c9f61f369a873b4582486c93464b9e69.png) Please check my logs and config files here [elastic search logs in console](https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/x97KwXHXM7/) [ElasticSearch.yml](https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/xQyq7VnMJY/) [Kibana.yml](https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/h8Dp4FYyWN/) ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-es-on-localhost/162588/2 "2019-01-02T04:31:06Z")
Please don't post your question in multiple categories, it makes it harder to assist you. > [@Cannot connect to ES on localhost:9200 on Windows 2008 R2 Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-es-on-localhost-9200/162470/5): > > It cannot connect when I point to localhost :9200 Also I don't understand why kibana appears as shown above(not loading fully ) when I point to localhost:5601 ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-es-on-localhost/162588/3 "2019-01-02T04:32:00Z")