# Error kibana docker client connect **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [December 14, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-docker-client-connect/349352 "2023-12-14T11:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikolas1306](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikolas1306/32/111507_2.png) [@Nikolas1306](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikolas1306)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-docker-client-connect/349352/1 "2023-12-14T11:05:36Z")
`docker run -d --name kibana3 -p 5601:5601 -e KIBANA_ELASTICSEARCH_=URL=http://172.16.14.191:9200 -e ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=kibana_system -e ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=kibana_system bitnami/kibana` but i receive on docker console [2023-12-14T11:03:44.504+00:00][ERROR][elasticsearch-service] Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND elasticsearch my Elasticsearch have response on [http://172.16.14.191:9200](http://172.16.14.191:9200) on machine browser ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-docker-client-connect/349352/2 "2023-12-27T22:49:01Z")
The environment variable for the elasticsearch URL is: `ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS` so you would need to change that. By default the kibana container looks for `elasticsearch` as the ES URL because that's how it is configured in the Elasticsearch docker image. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-docker-client-connect/349352/3 "2024-01-24T22:49:52Z")
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