# Facing connection closer error while starting elasticsearch 8.5.1 instance on local machine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-connection-closer-error-while-starting-elasticsearch-8-5-1-instance-on-local-machine/359680>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [May 17, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-connection-closer-error-while-starting-elasticsearch-8-5-1-instance-on-local-machine/359680 "2024-05-17T05:58:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-connection-closer-error-while-starting-elasticsearch-8-5-1-instance-on-local-machine/359680/2 "2024-05-17T08:45:06Z")

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> [@Sunil\_Jagtap](#):
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> after starting elasticsearch 8.5.1

First. Don't use this version. It's a bit old. Better to start with the latest 8.13 as you are running all that locally.  
BTW, I'd use docker compose as it's much easier to run all that locally.

> [@Sunil\_Jagtap](#):
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> the connectivity between kibana & elasticsearch is not happening,  
> I suspect there is some configuration setting need to be done.

Most likely you are using self-signed certificates (by default). So you need to tell Kibana about this. Have a look at [Start the Elastic Stack with security enabled automatically | Elasticsearch Guide [8.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.13/configuring-stack-security.html#stack-start-with-security)

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