# Elasticsearch: Not enough master nodes discovered during pinging

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-enough-master-nodes-discovered-during-pinging/118546>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 6, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-enough-master-nodes-discovered-during-pinging/118546 "2018-02-06T02:32:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-enough-master-nodes-discovered-during-pinging/118546/2 "2018-02-06T03:02:07Z")

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You bound your nodes to localhost yet specified host names that presumably resolve to non-localhost addresses. These nodes will not be able to ping each other until you bind them to sockets reachable from each other.

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