# Elasticsearch error: curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 2, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313 "2020-12-02T07:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![webapps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/webapps/32/77617_2.png) [@webapps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/webapps)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/1 "2020-12-02T07:18:31Z")
I installed the elasticsearch in my local but when I tried to access this command `curl -X GET http://localhost:9200/` it's giving me the error that the connection was refused. ``` curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused ``` Please what's wrong with curl? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/2 "2020-12-02T07:40:38Z")
There is not a lot of information to go on here. Which version did you install? How is it configured? How did you install it? Is there anything in the Elasticsearch logs? ---
**Author:** ![webapps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/webapps/32/77617_2.png) [@webapps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/webapps)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/3 "2020-12-02T08:33:21Z")
I had installed 7.1.0 elasticsearch version Here is the screenshot of elasticsearch.yml 'cluster.name: ACM\_STG\_Cluster node.name: pvg03s1acmes01 https.bind\_host: 10.120.21.178 path.data: /elasticdata/data path.logs: /elasticlogs/logs network.host: 0.0.0.0 cluster.initial\_master\_nodes: ["sjc04s1ctres01"] discovery.seed\_hosts: ["10.120.21.178"] opendistro\_security.nodes\_dn: - 'CN=pvg03s1acmes\*'' I installed by these instructions: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/brew.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/brew.html) I do have a lot of files in logs. do you want me to upload the logs as well? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/4 "2020-12-02T08:38:45Z")
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/5 "2020-12-02T08:39:26Z")
```auto opendistro_security.nodes_dn: ``` Note that we don't support the distribution/this plugin you are using here. ---
**Author:** ![webapps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/webapps/32/77617_2.png) [@webapps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/webapps)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/6 "2020-12-02T08:51:01Z")
Thanks @dadoonet. BTW May I know since which elasticsearch version have they stopped supporting the above distribution? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/7 "2020-12-02T09:01:40Z")
OpenDistro has never been supported here and they have their own forum. I do suspect your issue is that you have configured you http host to not listen to localhost. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-error-curl-7-failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused/257313/8 "2020-12-30T09:01:52Z")
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