# Elasticsearch REST API layer is not available. Forcefully terminated cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rest-api-layer-is-not-available-forcefully-terminated-cluster/209239>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rally\
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rest-api-layer-is-not-available-forcefully-terminated-cluster/209239 "2019-11-25T07:59:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-rest-api-layer-is-not-available-forcefully-terminated-cluster/209239/8 "2019-12-03T13:33:54Z")

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Hi,

1. What's the Rally version? `esrally --version`

2. Can you paste the most recent Rally logs (e.g. `tail -100 ~/.rally/logs/rally.log`)

3. Can you confirm you can reach the Elasticsearch HTTP API from the Rally node? e.g. try `curl http://IP:9200`

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