# Configuring my 1st Elasticsearch, Error BindHttpException

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-my-1st-elasticsearch-error-bindhttpexception/45026>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 21, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-my-1st-elasticsearch-error-bindhttpexception/45026 "2016-03-21T16:55:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![FernRaff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fernraff/32/8577_2.png) [@FernRaff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FernRaff)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-my-1st-elasticsearch-error-bindhttpexception/45026/1 "2016-03-21T16:55:46Z")

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Background: I'm running a CentOS 6.7 server.  
The server 3 files (non installed as of yet) elasticsearch-2.2.0, Kibana-4.4.2 & Logstash-2.2.2.

I'm hitting a wall with this error: [failed to bind to [9200]], during the installation of elasticsearch (./elasticsearch). Have any of you encountered this before and if so how did you resolve this? I'm thinking its a deeper issue maybe related to my CentOS 6.7 but i cant be sure.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-my-1st-elasticsearch-error-bindhttpexception/45026/2 "2016-03-21T17:23:37Z")

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Please don't copy screenshots like this if it's only about logs...

`Address already in use` is pretty descriptive here, right?

So you already have an elasticsearch running I can guess? Or something else...

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**Author:** ![FernRaff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fernraff/32/8577_2.png) [@FernRaff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FernRaff)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-my-1st-elasticsearch-error-bindhttpexception/45026/3 "2016-03-21T17:37:10Z")

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after changing the IP address the IP address i got  
"name" : "Typhoid",  
"cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch",  
some more stuff...  
"tagline" : "you know, for search"

I imagine this means the elasticsearch IS installed however should't I be able to "[HTTP://localhost:9200/?pretty](HTTP://localhost:9200/?pretty)" to view whats is running (as a check for functionality?)

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-my-1st-elasticsearch-error-bindhttpexception/45026/4 "2017-07-05T23:06:29Z")

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