# Ealsticsearch urls

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ealsticsearch-urls/7147>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 27, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ealsticsearch-urls/7147 "2012-03-27T17:46:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![octomeow\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ebca7d/32.png) [@octomeow\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/octomeow_2)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ealsticsearch-urls/7147/1 "2012-03-27T17:46:03Z")

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is there a good document that can help me understand the difference  
between

elasticsearch:///?local \<-- 3 slashes  
elasticsearch://localhost

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ealsticsearch-urls/7147/2 "2012-03-28T10:25:54Z")

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Are you using logstash? I think its a specific logstash convention, maybe  
ask them...

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:46 PM, octomeow [octomeow@gmail.com](mailto:octomeow@gmail.com) wrote:

> is there a good document that can help me understand the difference  
> between
> 
> elasticsearch:///?local \<-- 3 slashes  
> elasticsearch://localhost

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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 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ealsticsearch-urls/7147/3 "2017-07-06T03:34:23Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC