# Can't connecte to elasticsearch using python

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-connecte-to-elasticsearch-using-python/304910
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** docker, language-clients
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-connecte-to-elasticsearch-using-python/304910 "2022-05-17T09:28:03Z")
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### Author: ![safaeaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/safaeaz/32/105379_2.png) [@safaeaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/safaeaz)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-connecte-to-elasticsearch-using-python/304910/1 "2022-05-17T09:28:03Z")

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i have my Elasticsearch container running on my virtual machine en port 8081:9200 and i need to connect to it using python code when runnnig a script to create index in Elasticsearch

```auto
# Import packages
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

# Elastic search configuation
#es = Elasticsearch(HOST="http://localhost", PORT=8081)
#es = Elasticsearch()
es = Elasticsearch('http://localhost:9200')

# Creating index
es.indices.create(index="firstindex")

```

i got this error

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/8/1831296df59b01249a6ef77e967309520ddb2bb9.png)

my Elasticsearch container is runing well

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/2/42c0e5579d8fdebd6196a8f7d011332aaef1680c.png)

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### Author: ![Miguel1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/miguel1/32/82094_2.png) [@Miguel1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Miguel1)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-connecte-to-elasticsearch-using-python/304910/2 "2022-05-17T09:32:24Z")

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The IP you are accesing via web browser does not match with the one you are setting up on your code "localhost". Could be that the issue?

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### Author: ![safaeaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/safaeaz/32/105379_2.png) [@safaeaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/safaeaz)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-connecte-to-elasticsearch-using-python/304910/3 "2022-05-17T09:39:55Z")

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yees thanks

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-connecte-to-elasticsearch-using-python/304910/4 "2022-06-14T09:40:15Z")

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