# Curl call by external IP **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 21, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-call-by-external-ip/228982 "2020-04-21T07:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rajeev\_Bhat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajeev_bhat/32/66529_2.png) [@Rajeev\_Bhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Bhat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-call-by-external-ip/228982/1 "2020-04-21T07:40:37Z")
Hello I tried the solution of this thread, > [@How set up to listen on external IP AND localhost?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-set-up-to-listen-on-external-ip-and-localhost/110207/2): > > network.host: ["\_local\_", "a.b.c.d"] should work. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/modules-network.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/modules-network.html) But getting following error on starting elasticsearch: ```auto 2020-04-21T07:35:09,598][INFO][o.e.x.s.a.s.FileRolesStore] [RogYx45] parsed [0] roles from file [/remote/users/bhatr/elasticsearch-6.8.8/config/roles.yml] [2020-04-21T07:35:10,443][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [RogYx45] [controller/34384] [Main.cc@109] controller (64 bit): Version 6.8.8 (Build 398321ce7838fd) Copyright (c) 2020 Elasticsearch BV [2020-04-21T07:35:11,219][DEBUG][o.e.a.ActionModule] [RogYx45] Using REST wrapper from plugin org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.Security [2020-04-21T07:35:11,606][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [RogYx45] using discovery type [zen] and host providers [settings] [2020-04-21T07:35:12,838][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [RogYx45] initialized [2020-04-21T07:35:12,838][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [RogYx45] starting ... [2020-04-21T07:35:13,331][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [RogYx45] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: BindTransportException[Failed to bind to [9300-9400]]; nested: BindException[Cannot assign requested address]; at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] Caused by: org.elasticsearch.transport.BindTransportException: Failed to bind to [9300-9400] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindToPort(TcpTransport.java:408) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindServer(TcpTransport.java:375) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Transport.doStart(Netty4Transport.java:136) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.transport.netty4.SecurityNetty4Transport.doStart(SecurityNetty4Transport.java:127) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.netty4.SecurityNetty4ServerTransport.doStart(SecurityNetty4ServerTransport.java:46) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:72) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService.doStart(TransportService.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:72) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:741) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:269) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.8.jar:6.8.8] ... 6 more Caused by: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:433) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:425) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:223) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel.doBind(NioServerSocketChannel.java:130) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AbstractUnsafe.bind(AbstractChannel.java:562) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1358) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeBind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:501) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.bind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:486) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1019) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.bind(AbstractChannel.java:258) ~[?:?] at io.netty.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap$2.run(AbstractBootstrap.java:366) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:163) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:404) ~[?:?] at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:474) ~[?:?] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:909) ~[?:?] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_65] [2020-04-21T07:35:13,881][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [RogYx45] stopping ... [2020-04-21T07:35:13,889][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [RogYx45] stopped [2020-04-21T07:35:13,890][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [RogYx45] closing ... [2020-04-21T07:35:13,923][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [RogYx45] closed [2020-04-21T07:35:13,928][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [RogYx45] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started ``` Can anyone know how to resolve this? ---
**Author:** ![Rajeev\_Bhat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajeev_bhat/32/66529_2.png) [@Rajeev\_Bhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeev_Bhat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-call-by-external-ip/228982/2 "2020-04-21T08:27:44Z")
My bad 😟 Silly mistake from my side. Didn't put quotes for IP address. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-call-by-external-ip/228982/3 "2020-05-19T08:27:55Z")
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