# Enterprise search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Search\ **Created:** [March 5, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search/266340 "2021-03-05T09:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suraj\_kumar3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suraj_kumar3/32/51976_2.png) [@suraj\_kumar3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suraj_kumar3)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search/266340/1 "2021-03-05T09:26:35Z")
enterprise search is able to start and shows the below message but i am not able to connect to it and getting connection refused error. - URL: [http://10.156.86.236:7000](http://10.156.86.236:7000) - If this is your first time starting Enterprise Search, check the console output above for your user authentication credentials. - Visit the documentation: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search) ---
**Author:** ![constancecchen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/constancecchen/32/71762_2.png) [@constancecchen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/constancecchen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search/266340/2 "2021-03-05T18:53:39Z")
Hi Suraj! It's hard to tell what's going on here without more information. - What version of Enterprise Search are you running? e.g., 7.10, 7.11? - How are you hosting Enterprise Search? Local dev? On Elastic Cloud? On another self-managed host? - How are you trying to connect to Enterprise Search? Via your browser? Via the Kibana plugin? Via API/cURL. command? Enterprise Search in Kibana, etc.? - Are you following all steps within [Installation | Elastic Enterprise Search Documentation [7.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/current/installation.html) (as applicable to your setup)? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search/266340/3 "2022-11-04T08:25:47Z")