# Creating node in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-node-in-elasticsearch/67167>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 25, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-node-in-elasticsearch/67167 "2016-11-25T09:13:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![aniketpatil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@aniketpatil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniketpatil)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-node-in-elasticsearch/67167/1 "2016-11-25T09:13:25Z")

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I have just install elasticsearch 5.0.0. When I run 'localhost:9200/\_cat/nodes?v' it gives me ip as 10.57.203.16. But I want local host as a server. Where should I configure it ?

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**Author:** ![crutch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/crutch/32/414_2.png) [@crutch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/crutch)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-node-in-elasticsearch/67167/2 "2016-11-25T09:20:40Z")

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Did you make any changes in `elasticsearch.yml` regarding options mentioned in [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-network.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-network.html) ?

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**Author:** ![aniketpatil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@aniketpatil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniketpatil)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-node-in-elasticsearch/67167/3 "2016-11-25T09:23:26Z")

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Yes I have made two changes.

```
cluster.name: elastic_test
network.host: localhost

```

Should I make any other change ?

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**Author:** ![crutch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/crutch/32/414_2.png) [@crutch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/crutch)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-node-in-elasticsearch/67167/4 "2016-11-25T09:26:42Z")

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Try to leave out the `network.host` option. As is stated in the docs:

> Elasticsearch binds to localhost only by default

So if you do not fiddle with these settings, it should listen only on loopback interfaces.

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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:** [December 23, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-node-in-elasticsearch/67167/5 "2016-12-23T09:26:55Z")

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