# Encrypt HTTP client communications for Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encrypt-http-client-communications-for-elasticsearch/357561>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encrypt-http-client-communications-for-elasticsearch/357561 "2024-04-17T05:49:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![abhinavtyagi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@abhinavtyagi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhinavtyagi)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encrypt-http-client-communications-for-elasticsearch/357561/1 "2024-04-17T05:49:55Z")

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Look at the image sharing the docs for version 8.13.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/1/71fe11787fa566fba041de3aa80ba546277b8dd3.png)

Now, I am using docker for my application. And the step-1 says to **stop** Elasticsearch and Kibana if they are running.

I used to execute the commands, using **docker exec** command but that works only if the container is running.

Where and how will I run these commands if I stop my container ?

Note: I am a windows user and application is running on docker.