# Docker Filebeat 7.9.3 cannot collect metrics from http from outside the container **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [October 30, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792 "2020-10-30T09:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tisi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tisi/32/78133_2.png) [@Tisi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tisi)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/1 "2020-10-30T09:29:30Z")
Hello Elastic Staff I am not able to collect metrics from filebeat from the defined http port. I can get the metrics from within the filebeat container with `curl -XGET localhost:5066/stats`. When I want to collect the metrics from my machine I get the message "Empty reply from server". The container port is published to the host at port 5066. My Configuration: filebeat.yml ```auto http.enabled: true http.port: 5066 filebeat.config: modules: path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml reload.enabled: false filebeat.autodiscover: providers: - type: docker hints.enabled: true processors: - add_cloud_metadata: ~ output.elasticsearch: hosts: '${ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS:elasticsearch:9200}' username: '${ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME:}' password: '${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD:}' ``` Start filebeat by command: ```auto docker run -p "5066:5066" --name=filebeat --user=root --volume="$(pwd)/filebeat.docker.yml:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml:ro" --volume="/var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers:ro" --volume="/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro" docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:7.9.3 filebeat -e -strict.perms=false ``` Run `curl -XGET http://localhost:5066/stats` from my machine with the response: "curl: (52) Empty reply from server". Here I want to get the Is there something missing that it won't work? Best ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/2 "2020-10-30T09:59:24Z")
Hi! Can you try the curl command from inside the container to check that the endpoint is actually enabled? Also maybe a redirection takes place so you could try adding some extra flags like `-sS` or -L. Let me know if that helps. C. ---
**Author:** ![Tisi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tisi/32/78133_2.png) [@Tisi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tisi)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/3 "2020-10-30T10:05:17Z")
Hi, thanks for your reply. I tried it from inside the container and got a response. So the endpoint should work. I tried to run curl with the flags `-sS` and `-L` on my machine but the response is as before "Empty reply from server". ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/4 "2020-10-30T10:15:42Z")
Hmm, this is weird. Can you try with `0.0.0.0` instead of localhost? ---
**Author:** ![Tisi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tisi/32/78133_2.png) [@Tisi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tisi)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/5 "2020-10-30T10:22:01Z")
This also did not help. I now also set explicitly `server.host: "0"`. But also no change of the result. ---
**Author:** ![Tisi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tisi/32/78133_2.png) [@Tisi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tisi)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/6 "2020-10-30T10:35:52Z")
Ok I found the solution. I missed to set the variable to `http.host: 0.0.0.0`. Is this the expected behavior with the docker setup? Or should it be set by default to this value for docker containers? ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/7 "2020-10-30T12:45:27Z")
It defaults to `localhost` so I guess localhost cannot be exposed for some docker-networking reason. ---
**Author:** ![Tisi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tisi/32/78133_2.png) [@Tisi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tisi)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/8 "2020-10-30T12:49:09Z")
Yes I meant if it would be better for the elastic docker beat configs to default to `0.0.0.0` instead of `localhost`. For `server.host` the default in docker is already `0.0.0.0`. ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/9 "2020-10-30T12:56:55Z")
Hmm, what exact files are you using? Where do you propose to apply this change? ---
**Author:** ![Tisi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tisi/32/78133_2.png) [@Tisi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tisi)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/10 "2020-10-30T14:37:55Z")
I looked up the beats repository and couldn't find what I stated. I've read at some place in this forum that it is set for elastic docker containers by default. But sadly I cannot find the topic. I think this topic is resolved. Thank you for your time and patience 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-filebeat-7-9-3-cannot-collect-metrics-from-http-from-outside-the-container/253792/11 "2020-11-27T16:38:01Z")
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