Elasticsearch is running but it does not connect when the public ip is given in browser

browser error when accessing Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch.yml file:

# ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================
#
# NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.
#       Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you
#       understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.
#
# The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists
# the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.
#
# Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html
#
# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
cluster.name: ELKmaster1
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
node.name: node001
#
# Add custom attributes to the node:
#
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# By default Elasticsearch is only accessible on localhost. Set a different
# address here to expose this node on the network:
#
network.host: xx.x.x.xxx
#
# By default Elasticsearch listens for HTTP traffic on the first free port it
# finds starting at 9200. Set a specific HTTP port here:
#
#http.port: 9200
http.cors.enabled: true
http.cors.allow-origin: "*"
#
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when this node is started:
# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
#discovery.seed_hosts: ["host1", "host2"]
#
discovery.type: single-node
# Bootstrap the cluster using an initial set of master-eligible nodes:
#
#cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1", "node-2"]
#
# For more information, consult the discovery and cluster formation module documentation.
#
# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
# Require explicit names when deleting indices:
#
#action.destructive_requires_name: true
xpack.security.enabled: true
xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true
xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode: certificate
xpack.security.transport.ssl.client_authentication: required
xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path: elastic-certificates.p12
xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path: elastic-certificates.p12
xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: true
xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.path: http.p12

--Elasticsearch Status:

--Curl output:

--Kibana.yml file:

# Kibana is served by a back end server. This setting specifies the port to use.
server.port: 5601

# Specifies the address to which the Kibana server will bind. IP addresses and host names are both valid values.
# The default is 'localhost', which usually means remote machines will not be able to connect.
# To allow connections from remote users, set this parameter to a non-loopback address.
server.host: "xx.x.x.xx"

# Enables you to specify a path to mount Kibana at if you are running behind a proxy.
# Use the `server.rewriteBasePath` setting to tell Kibana if it should remove the basePath
# from requests it receives, and to prevent a deprecation warning at startup.
# This setting cannot end in a slash.
#server.basePath: ""

# Specifies whether Kibana should rewrite requests that are prefixed with
# `server.basePath` or require that they are rewritten by your reverse proxy.
# This setting was effectively always `false` before Kibana 6.3 and will
# default to `true` starting in Kibana 7.0.
#server.rewriteBasePath: false

# Specifies the public URL at which Kibana is available for end users. If
# `server.basePath` is configured this URL should end with the same basePath.
#server.publicBaseUrl: ""

# The maximum payload size in bytes for incoming server requests.
#server.maxPayload: 1048576

# The Kibana server's name.  This is used for display purposes.
server.name: "kibana"

# The URLs of the Elasticsearch instances to use for all your queries.
elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://xx.x.x.xxx:9200"]

# Kibana uses an index in Elasticsearch to store saved searches, visualizations and
# dashboards. Kibana creates a new index if the index doesn't already exist.
#kibana.index: ".kibana"

# The default application to load.
#kibana.defaultAppId: "home"

# If your Elasticsearch is protected with basic authentication, these settings provide
# the username and password that the Kibana server uses to perform maintenance on the Kibana
# index at startup. Your Kibana users still need to authenticate with Elasticsearch, which
# is proxied through the Kibana server.
elasticsearch.username: "xxxxxxxxx"
elasticsearch.password: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

# Kibana can also authenticate to Elasticsearch via "service account tokens".
# If may use this token instead of a username/password.
# elasticsearch.serviceAccountToken: "my_token"

# Enables SSL and paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and SSL key files, respectively.
# These settings enable SSL for outgoing requests from the Kibana server to the browser.
#server.ssl.enabled: true
#server.ssl.certificate: /usr/share/elasticsearch/elastic-certificates.p12
#server.ssl.key: /usr/share/elasticsearch/elastic-stack-ca.p12

# Optional settings that provide the paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and key files.
# These files are used to verify the identity of Kibana to Elasticsearch and are required when
# xpack.security.http.ssl.client_authentication in Elasticsearch is set to required.
#elasticsearch.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/client.crt
#elasticsearch.ssl.key: /path/to/your/client.key

# Optional setting that enables you to specify a path to the PEM file for the certificate
# authority for your Elasticsearch instance.
#elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: [ "/path/to/your/CA.pem" ]

# To disregard the validity of SSL certificates, change this setting's value to 'none'.
#elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: full

# Time in milliseconds to wait for Elasticsearch to respond to pings. Defaults to the value of
# the elasticsearch.requestTimeout setting.
#elasticsearch.pingTimeout: 1500

# Time in milliseconds to wait for responses from the back end or Elasticsearch. This value
# must be a positive integer.
#elasticsearch.requestTimeout: 30000

# List of Kibana client-side headers to send to Elasticsearch. To send *no* client-side
# headers, set this value to [] (an empty list).
#elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist: [ authorization ]

# Header names and values that are sent to Elasticsearch. Any custom headers cannot be overwritten
# by client-side headers, regardless of the elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist configuration.
#elasticsearch.customHeaders: {}

# Time in milliseconds for Elasticsearch to wait for responses from shards. Set to 0 to disable.
#elasticsearch.shardTimeout: 30000

# Logs queries sent to Elasticsearch. Requires logging.verbose set to true.
#elasticsearch.logQueries: false

# Specifies the path where Kibana creates the process ID file.
#pid.file: /run/kibana/kibana.pid

# Enables you to specify a file where Kibana stores log output.
#logging.dest: stdout

# Set the value of this setting to true to suppress all logging output.
#logging.silent: false

# Set the value of this setting to true to suppress all logging output other than error messages.
#logging.quiet: false

# Set the value of this setting to true to log all events, including system usage information
# and all requests.
#logging.verbose: false

# Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance
# metrics. Minimum is 100ms. Defaults to 5000.
#ops.interval: 5000

# Specifies locale to be used for all localizable strings, dates and number formats.
# Supported languages are the following: English - en , by default , Chinese - zh-CN .
#i18n.locale: "en"
elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: strong text /etc/kibana/elasticsearch-ca.pem

Welcome to our community! :smiley:
Please don't post pictures of text or code. They are difficult to read, impossible to search and replicate (if it's code), and some people may not be even able to see them :slight_smile:

What is this value, a private IP, a public one?

You are using the following setting in your elasticsearch.yml.

xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: true

This means that your Elasticsearch will only answer to requests made using https.

In your curl example you used http, you should use https.

Try again using https both in curl and in the browser to see if the error persists.

It’s private ip

Thanks for the response .
Now Elasticsearch seems to be working on the browser, but the curl Elasticsearch outputs error
curl output1

and kibana status shows running in the terminal but in the browser shows the below error

Please don't post pictures of text or code. They are difficult to read, impossible to search and replicate (if it's code), and some people may not be even able to see them.

sorry about that.
below is the curl output for Elasticsearch

root@ip-pri.ip:/home/ubuntu# curl https://pub.ip:9200
curl: (60) server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-cer                                                                             tificates.crt CRLfile: none
More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html

curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle"
 of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default
 bundle file isn't adequate, you can specify an alternate file
 using the --cacert option.
If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
 the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a
 problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might
 not match the domain name in the URL).
If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
 the -k (or --insecure) option.

This is not an elasticsearch error, that curl output means that you are using a self-generated Certificate that curl cannot verify.

The solution is already given in the output.

If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
the -k (or --insecure) option

You need to use curl -k https://ip:9200.

About the Kibana server is not ready yet, you will need to check the Kibana logs to see if there is any error, and please, do not share the logs as images, paste them using the preformatted text option (</>).

Thank You.

Kibana logs

root@ip-kibana.pri.ip:/var/log/kibana# tail -20 kibana.log
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:33+00:00","tags":["warning","config","deprecation"],"pid":1385,"message":"\"xpack.reporting.roles\" is deprecated. Granting reporting privilege through a \"reporting_user\" role will not be supported starting in 8.0. Please set \"xpack.reporting.roles.enabled\" to \"false\" and grant reporting privileges to users using Kibana application privileges **Management > Security > Roles**."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:33+00:00","tags":["warning","config","deprecation"],"pid":1385,"message":"Session idle timeout (\"xpack.security.session.idleTimeout\") will be set to 1 hour by default in the next major version (8.0)."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:33+00:00","tags":["warning","config","deprecation"],"pid":1385,"message":"Session lifespan (\"xpack.security.session.lifespan\") will be set to 30 days by default in the next major version (8.0)."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["info","plugins-system","standard"],"pid":1385,"message":"Setting up [113] plugins: [translations,licensing,globalSearch,globalSearchProviders,banners,licenseApiGuard,code,usageCollection,xpackLegacy,taskManager,telemetryCollectionManager,telemetryCollectionXpack,kibanaUsageCollection,securityOss,share,screenshotMode,telemetry,newsfeed,mapsEms,mapsLegacy,legacyExport,kibanaLegacy,embeddable,uiActionsEnhanced,fieldFormats,expressions,charts,esUiShared,bfetch,data,savedObjects,visualizations,visTypeXy,visTypeVislib,visTypeTimelion,features,visTypeTagcloud,visTypeTable,visTypePie,visTypeMetric,visTypeMarkdown,tileMap,regionMap,presentationUtil,expressionShape,expressionRevealImage,expressionRepeatImage,expressionMetric,expressionImage,timelion,indexPatternFieldEditor,home,searchprofiler,painlessLab,grokdebugger,graph,visTypeVega,management,watcher,licenseManagement,indexPatternManagement,advancedSettings,discover,discoverEnhanced,dashboard,dashboardEnhanced,visualize,visTypeTimeseries,savedObjectsManagement,spaces,security,transform,savedObjectsTagging,lens,reporting,canvas,lists,ingestPipelines,fileUpload,maps,dataVisualizer,encryptedSavedObjects,dataEnhanced,dashboardMode,cloud,snapshotRestore,fleet,indexManagement,rollup,remoteClusters,crossClusterReplication,indexLifecycleManagement,eventLog,actions,alerting,triggersActionsUi,stackAlerts,ruleRegistry,osquery,ml,cases,timelines,securitySolution,observability,uptime,infra,upgradeAssistant,monitoring,logstash,enterpriseSearch,console,apmOss,apm]"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["info","plugins","taskManager"],"pid":1385,"message":"TaskManager is identified by the Kibana UUID: da893da2-2de5-44e3-8354-9c75998fe1e8"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["warning","plugins","security","config"],"pid":1385,"message":"Generating a random key for xpack.security.encryptionKey. To prevent sessions from being invalidated on restart, please set xpack.security.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["warning","plugins","security","config"],"pid":1385,"message":"Session cookies will be transmitted over insecure connections. This is not recommended."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["warning","plugins","reporting","config"],"pid":1385,"message":"Generating a random key for xpack.reporting.encryptionKey. To prevent sessions from being invalidated on restart, please set xpack.reporting.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["info","plugins","reporting","config"],"pid":1385,"message":"Chromium sandbox provides an additional layer of protection, and is supported for Linux Ubuntu 16.04 OS. Automatically enabling Chromium sandbox."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["warning","plugins","encryptedSavedObjects"],"pid":1385,"message":"Saved objects encryption key is not set. This will severely limit Kibana functionality. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["warning","plugins","actions"],"pid":1385,"message":"APIs are disabled because the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin is missing encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["warning","plugins","alerting"],"pid":1385,"message":"APIs are disabled because the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin is missing encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:34+00:00","tags":["info","plugins","ruleRegistry"],"pid":1385,"message":"Write is disabled; not installing common resources shared between all indices"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:35+00:00","tags":["info","plugins","ruleRegistry"],"pid":1385,"message":"Write is disabled; not installing resources for index .alerts-observability.uptime.alerts"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:35+00:00","tags":["info","plugins","ruleRegistry"],"pid":1385,"message":"Write is disabled; not installing resources for index .alerts-observability.logs.alerts"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:35+00:00","tags":["info","plugins","ruleRegistry"],"pid":1385,"message":"Write is disabled; not installing resources for index .alerts-observability.metrics.alerts"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:35+00:00","tags":["info","plugins","ruleRegistry"],"pid":1385,"message":"Write is disabled; not installing resources for index .alerts-observability.apm.alerts"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:35+00:00","tags":["info","savedobjects-service"],"pid":1385,"message":"Waiting until all Elasticsearch nodes are compatible with Kibana before starting saved objects migrations..."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:36+00:00","tags":["error","savedobjects-service"],"pid":1385,"message":"Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. connect ECONNREFUSED elastic.pri.ip:9200"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-10-19T13:39:54+00:00","tags":["error","savedobjects-service"],"pid":1385,"message":"Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. socket hang up"}

The address elastic.pri.ip:9200 is not reachable.

Is it a Fully Qualified Domain Name ?
Can you ping that address from another machine ?

Thank you for pointing me to the mistake.

In kibana.yml file changing http to https resolved the issue
Elasticsearch.hosts: ["https://elastic.pri.ip:9200"]

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