# ConnectionRefusedError: \[Errno 111\] Connection refused error while running rally for an existing elastic cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connectionrefusederror-errno-111-connection-refused-error-while-running-rally-for-an-existing-elastic-cluster/335333>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rally\
**Created:** [June 6, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connectionrefusederror-errno-111-connection-refused-error-while-running-rally-for-an-existing-elastic-cluster/335333 "2023-06-06T11:45:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quentin\_Pradet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quentin_pradet/32/94192_2.png) [@Quentin\_Pradet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Quentin_Pradet)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connectionrefusederror-errno-111-connection-refused-error-while-running-rally-for-an-existing-elastic-cluster/335333/5 "2023-06-12T06:37:12Z")

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I see that you've opened a new topic, so I'll answer there: [Max retries exceeded with url: /pmc/documents.json.bz2 SSLCertVerificationError [SSL: CERTIFICATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-retries-exceeded-with-url-pmc-documents-json-bz2-sslcertverificationerror-ssl-certificate-verify-failed/335708)

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