# Connect to elasticsearch running on virtual machine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-to-elasticsearch-running-on-virtual-machine/61464>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 25, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-to-elasticsearch-running-on-virtual-machine/61464 "2016-09-25T14:39:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-to-elasticsearch-running-on-virtual-machine/61464/1 "2016-09-25T14:39:43Z")

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I have an instance of elasticsearch running on a virtual machine on my laptop. How do I connect other devices to it? I am unable to do so by using 127.0.0.1 or the ip address of the VMWare machine along with port 9200.

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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, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-to-elasticsearch-running-on-virtual-machine/61464/2 "2017-07-05T22:17:26Z")

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